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comma

[kom-uh] / ˈkɒm ə /
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It was the most Iranian sentence I could imagine: despair and hope in the same breath, separated by a comma.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

"It is my understanding that he liked to use the Oxford comma," she added.

From BBC • May 9, 2024

Wes doesn’t place a comma in by accident.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2023

On his website, he described himself as a “militant bicyclist” and “a proponent of the singular they, the Oxford comma, and pre-Elon Twitter.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2023

Aren’t there rules for the comma, just as there are rules for the apostrophe?

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author




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