Learn English – Do I need a comma before “perhaps” in the following case

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Maybe what you saw was a wild animal? A deer or a raccoon or a monkey(,)
perhaps?

Do I need the comma before perhaps?

Best Answer

Good question.

I think if perhaps is used as a sentence modifier, and at the end of the sentence, I see comma there.

Collins Dictionary quotes it with an example:

"he'll arrive tomorrow, perhaps" -with a comma.

But then, if you are not sure about the options separated by 'or', I see there's no comma.

Cambridge Dictionary has an entry almost close to your example:

"We plan to travel to Europe - to Spain or Italy perhaps." -with no comma.

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