comma

The history of the humble comma, Paul Simon in Africa, Eric Hobsbawm’s faith and more.

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

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

Here’s how to get out of some of the most common comma complications.

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

Adds Giamatti, “It’s incredibly specific. You follow his punctuation. The commas matter in his writing.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

No document has been more examined than the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding, down to the placement of commas, as if the terms meant anything to those jockeying over it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Alongside one picture of Lord Mandelson with two women, whose faces are obscured, he writes about meeting Epstein's interesting – in inverted commas – friends.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025

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

Get the commas right and the rest will fall into place.

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