Commas around both sides of prepositional phrase?

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I'm not sure what to call this sort of prepositional phrase, but this sort seems to interrupt the thought to add clarification. I almost want to call it an interjectional prepositional phrase.
Some examples:
- Are we not in principle taking a risk?
- Are we not, in principle, taking a risk?
- You in full knowledge allow discrimination to go unquestioned.
- You, in full knowledge, allow discrimination to go unquestioned.
So is it permissible and/or preferable to use commas in this situation?
commas prepositional-phrases
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I'm not sure what to call this sort of prepositional phrase, but this sort seems to interrupt the thought to add clarification. I almost want to call it an interjectional prepositional phrase.
Some examples:
- Are we not in principle taking a risk?
- Are we not, in principle, taking a risk?
- You in full knowledge allow discrimination to go unquestioned.
- You, in full knowledge, allow discrimination to go unquestioned.
So is it permissible and/or preferable to use commas in this situation?
commas prepositional-phrases
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I'm not sure what to call this sort of prepositional phrase, but this sort seems to interrupt the thought to add clarification. I almost want to call it an interjectional prepositional phrase.
Some examples:
- Are we not in principle taking a risk?
- Are we not, in principle, taking a risk?
- You in full knowledge allow discrimination to go unquestioned.
- You, in full knowledge, allow discrimination to go unquestioned.
So is it permissible and/or preferable to use commas in this situation?
commas prepositional-phrases
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I'm not sure what to call this sort of prepositional phrase, but this sort seems to interrupt the thought to add clarification. I almost want to call it an interjectional prepositional phrase.
Some examples:
- Are we not in principle taking a risk?
- Are we not, in principle, taking a risk?
- You in full knowledge allow discrimination to go unquestioned.
- You, in full knowledge, allow discrimination to go unquestioned.
So is it permissible and/or preferable to use commas in this situation?
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