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Comma after a sentence starting with "Given [...]"

If I have a sentence starting with "Given [..]" does it make sense to put a comma? I have two sentences as below. I think the commas here make sense to put commas here. Given an integer n, the equatio …
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There is a large gap in the background between or among students?

I want to write a sentence 'There is a large gap in the background between/among students'. I am struggling to figure out the correct answer, even though I looked at similar questions. On one hand I …
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"Analysis" or "analyses" when using "respectively"

I have the following sentence: In Sections 1 and 2, we treat the X and Y analysis respectively. To clarify, "Section 1" is the "X analysis" and "Section 2" is the "Y analysis". In this context, shou …
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How to use adjective followed by two separate things that are being described?

I am trying to formulate the following sentence: Rob has to find suitable shirt and hat. Is this grammatically correct? it feels a bit strange to me because there is no "a" or "the" for either shirt o …
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Is "we introduce few notation" grammatically correct?

In my research article, I wrote: We now introduce few notations. Then the referees for the paper told me that using 'notations' is grammatically incorrect. So I'm thinking about changing it to We n …
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Should I put a comma after a phrase "given ..."?

I have the following sentence: The result can be phrased as the statement that given an integer n the equation x^n = y has a solution. I was wondering is it better to put a comma like "given an inte …
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key estimate "in" establishing or key estimate "to" establishing

I am struggling to decide which sentence is correct (maybe they are both correct?) and I would appreciate any comments. The sentences I am trying to decide between are The following result was …
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It will be correctly identified vs It will correctly be identified

I have two sentences 'It will correctly be identified as X.' and 'It will be correctly identified as X.' I was wondering is one of them incorrect grammatically perhaps? or do they both mean the same t …
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