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
They don’t think that they’ve written Shakespeare and you can’t change a comma.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025
"It is my understanding that he liked to use the Oxford comma," she added.
From BBC • May 9, 2024
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
“I think I’m going to be sick. ” • comma.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Vocabulary lists containing comma
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Language and Grammar - Introductory
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