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“Early punctuation focused on the contours of the sentence, giving us the comma, colon, and period,” Ms. Hazrat writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Marcelino’s condition improved but Diaz’s health declined exponentially to the point that he fell into a comma and was put on a list to receive a liver transplant, according to news reports.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2026

"I agree with much of what he said, but not absolutely every word and dot and comma of it," he added.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2025

Then, it coils itself into a comma, bunching up its lower half.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024

It’s for times when you want something stronger than a comma but not quite so final as a period.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Also, he said, she added way too many commas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026

The review refers to the "so-called 'rules-based international order'", putting the latter phrase in inverted commas: a kind of delegitimisation by punctuation mark.

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026

Unlike periods and commas, em dashes aren’t integral to sentence structure; they’re a considered choice that can, but by no means have to, take the place of commas, parentheses and semicolons.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2025

His paragraphs flow like the water he admires: sometimes tranquil and easy, other times a tumbling, mixing, effervescent torrent directed by commas, never promising a full stop.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025

It was the tip of a lead pencil, broken off and wrapped up and presented along with a card that said, “A gross of commas, to be used liberally throughout the year as needed.”

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner