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
“Tell me,” he would say, “why have you placed this comma here? What relationship between these phrases are you hoping to establish?”
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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Language and Grammar - Introductory
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