comma
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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
“First you say ‘comma,’ like a comma in a sentence,” said Amara Ajagu.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2024
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
There’s nothing much to punctuating a sentence, really, beyond a little comma sense.
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
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