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comma
[ kom-uh ]
noun
- the sign (,), a mark of punctuation used for indicating a division in a sentence, as in setting off a word, phrase, or clause, especially when such a division is accompanied by a slight pause or is to be noted in order to give order to the sequential elements of the sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list, to mark off thousands in numerals, to separate types or levels of information in bibliographic and other data, and, in many European countries, as a decimal point.
- Classical Prosody.
- a fragment or smaller section of a colon.
- the part of dactylic hexameter beginning or ending with the caesura.
- the caesura itself.
- Music. the minute, virtually unheard difference in pitch between two enharmonic tones, as G♯ and A♭.
- any of several nymphalid butterflies, including the North American Polygonia comma, having a comma-shaped silver mark on the underside of each hindwing.
comma
/ ˈkɒmə /
noun
- the punctuation mark(,) indicating a slight pause in the spoken sentence and used where there is a listing of items or to separate a nonrestrictive clause or phrase from a main clause
- music a minute interval
- short for comma butterfly
comma
- A punctuation mark (,) used to indicate pauses and to separate elements within a sentence. “The forest abounds with oak, elm, and beech trees”; “The bassoon player was born in Roanoke, Virginia, on December 29, 1957.”
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Can it be exported to Excel, or a comma-separated file, for instance?
It was more like punctuation, a real life comma that emphasizes the constant pressures of our daily schedule.
Sort of a combination grammar and punctuation problem, is what I call the “however comma splice.”
Power is the subject, and the execution is precise—even if this book will make you miss the comma terribly.
Is it a kind of punctuation, part comma, part full stop, part interrogatory mark?
It was bordered by trees for almost its entire length on both sides, and it was shaped like a enormous, elongated comma.
Page 229 Chapter X a comma was inserted in the phrase 'he would secure the competence he had yearned for, for so many years'.
It was done to please him; for I omitted neither accent, nor comma, nor the minutest tittle of all he had marked down.
Lucas bore it patiently; he didn't want his great-grandchildren and Elaine's shooting it out over a matter of a misplaced comma.
And even if nobody read it through, not even a reviewer, I should have to without skipping a word or a comma.
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