comma
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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
In a letter to critic George Jean Nathan, he described the conclusion as “merely the comma at the end of a gaudy introductory clause, with the body of the sentence still unwritten.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025
Then, it coils itself into a comma, bunching up its lower half.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
"It is my understanding that he liked to use the Oxford comma," she added.
From BBC ● May 9, 2024
The simplest way is to use a comma and start the question with a capital letter.
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
How barmy is it to fly thousands of people half-way around the world to sit in giant air-conditioned tents to argue about commas, and interpretations of convoluted words?
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 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
“We put commas, not periods on everything—it’s never over.”
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2025
And she held out a box of sugar-coated question marks, periods, commas, and exclamation points.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
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