comma
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- noun
- /ˈkɑːmə/
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coma
- In the sentence, I bought apples, bananas, and oranges, the comma separates the items in the list.
- comma or a period
- separated by a comma
- use of a comma
I said don't change a word on the script, not a comma.
- I said don't change a word on the script, not a comma.
- Modern democracy deals not simply in full stops but in commas too.
- You need to be able to state what your goal is in a single sentence with no commas, parentheticals, run ONS.
- But here we have the opportunity to really hear the music that's latent in the periods, the commas, the mute line breaks.
- It's not going to have two commas, but I'll help out.
- There are periods, but there are commas, very few commas.
- I prefer this one just because it means less commas, but you know, whichever.
- when I may have came and said to me, you're on the comma, you're on the comma.
Examples
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When you address someone as I did above, do you put a comma between "there" and "Mia"?
Blog text (29) -
First, let's assume he knows every period, comma, and apostrophe in that bill.
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Now, some people just like putting a comma between those two.
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"There are some who can live without wild things, comma, and some who cannot."
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This comma here tells us a lot.
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Note that there is no comma after the name before 'et.'
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People who will be reviewing that information will start complaining, too, about a comma not being in place.
Academic text (1997) -
So we talked about the history, the comma, the allegations, the conspiracy theories.
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As I read the Hays statement, it appears that a comma should have been placed after 'Antarctica.'
Blog text (31) -
We chose one gesture to represent a semicolon, one to represent a comma, and one to represent a period.
Academic text (1997)
Compounds
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Marks like single or double quote that go around words to show someone's exact words
A butterfly with jagged wing edges and a white mark shaped like a comma under each hind wing
- Specialized
A North American butterfly with orange-brown wings and a small white comma-shaped mark under each rear wing
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word comma comes from the Greek word komma that meant 'a piece cut off'. So a comma is like a small 'cut' or pause that separates parts of a sentence.