Would an adverb on the end of the sentence need a comma to eliminate ambiguity in an "I think" statement?

See here (I don't want "ultimately" to be seen as attaching to "think"):

So I think that’s the bottom line ultimately.

12/25/2211:21 AM

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Hi, Andrew—A comma would be good after "line," since "ultimately" modifies the whole clause "that's the bottom line." If you wish not to use a comma, you could place "ultimately" after "is." With other placements, the comma is desireable:

So, ultimately, I think that's the bottom line.
So I think that, ultimately, that's the bottom line.
So I think that's ultimately the bottom line.
So I think that's the bottom line, ultimately.

12/27/224:23 PM

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