comma

In his “Phonetic Punctuation,” Borge read a story aloud and gave every comma and period its own sound effect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

“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

But they speak so fast, and talk about no punctuation — there’s not a period or a comma in the world to stop them once they start talking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025

"I agree with much of what he said, but not absolutely every word and dot and comma of it," he added.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2025

Now, huge doctrinal differences hang on the placing of this comma.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author

There are no quotation marks and few commas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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

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

The author has a curious relationship with commas; his sentences often run on to the point where you might find yourself looking for periods without finding them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025

So she tells me, the words dribbling out with the cranberry muffin crumbs, commas dunked in her coffee.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson