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
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
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
British grammarians will concede that sometimes the extra comma prevents confusion, as when there are other ands in the vicinity: I went to the chemist, Marks & Spencer, and NatWest.
From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author
Vocabulary lists containing comma
Punctuation Matters
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Language and Grammar - Introductory
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