The following sentence contains an introductory phrase: Seriously I can lift an extra twenty pounds if I yell when I bench press! Which revision correctly punctuates the sentence? Seriously I can lift an extra twenty pounds if I yell, when I bench press! Seriously I can lift an extra twenty pounds, if I yell, when I bench press! Seriously, I can lift an extra twenty pounds if I yell when I bench press! Seriously I can lift an extra twenty pounds, if I yell when I bench press!

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The correct revision that punctuates the sentence properly is: Seriously, I can lift an extra twenty pounds if I yell when I bench press!

This version correctly places a comma after "Seriously" to separate the introductory phrase from the main clause.