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What does comma mean?

Definitions in simple English

comma Noun

— A comma is the sign , used to make a short pause in a sentence. A space is required after the comma, but not before.

comma

— noun anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing — noun a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence

Synonyms comma synonyms

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comma English » English

comma butterfly Polygonia comma speck slight pause punctuation mark point party fleck com cedilla

Examples comma examples

How do I use comma in a sentence?

Simple sentences

My attitude to the comma is physiological; the more breath I have, the fewer commas I use.

The Greeks invented the comma, not for their literature but for their actors, to warn them to take a deep breath in preparation of an upcoming long phrase; thus a comma represents a pause.

For an English speaker every comma is to be avoided.

Please put a comma between the two main clauses.

Tom is sad because he is often separated from Mary in German sentences by a comma.

Tom is sad, as in German sentences he is often separated from Mary by a comma.

I suggest putting a comma here.

I'd suggest a comma.

I'd suggest inserting a comma.

I'd suggest removing the comma.

I'm always suspicious when a German asks for a comma.

Show me how you use a comma and I'll show you your political leanings.

You can't replace the comma with a period in this sentence.

The Oxford comma is awkward, unnecessary, and cannot be carried over to languages other than English.

Though it is no longer considered a mistake to omit a comma, nevertheless it is desirable to put it in.

I've removed the comma.

Please add a comma after this word.

Movie subtitles

I know, but I left out a comma. Look.

And not a single comma!

We haven't changed a single comma.

There is charm in my eyes, comma and you, lady, are the only reason for it.

Comma.

Mary thought they were really scrummy, comma So did i, full stop.

And one could see, comma, by the light of the glowing embers, comma.

Wars will stop. hostilities and suspicions cease when we realize. from out there, that the Earth is nothing more than a dot. a comma in the great poem of the universe.

I didn't put a comma before 'but'. It's ridiculous.

Pale-faced and clearly agitated, in his keynote address to conference, comma, the Prime Minister gave what observers agree was a lacklustre performance.

Dot every comma.

Just 2 weeks after father died, his brother winds up in a comma, due to an accident.

What does that have to do with your ability to place a comma properly or put a period at the end of a sentence?

Alright, make it a comma.

Semi-comma.

Uh, comma.

Where does the comma come in there?

New camp comma.

To my amazement, comma, he squealed with delight.

Hollywood, an empire in decay, comma.

Ruled by a twisted emperor, comma.

I wrote it, comma.

The indices, which are hunted here uninterruptedly by the lines, Eleven to eleven or fifteen to thirteen, are the third and fourth places. Behind the comma: current price fluctuations of a foreign currency.

You told me about this yesterday. I know, but I left out a comma.

I'm playing this by the book, and I won't even trip over a comma.

Well, Mother, I still like my job. comma, but up to now I really haven't had very much to do.

All I want to tell you is a comma, only.

Then, comma Coupeau urged her to rent. Period.

Then later, they fired the cannon at my people, comma, the natives.

No I, comma, Wayland. No thinker behind the thought.

I'm leaving your side because I have died, comma, Aristaeus is Pluto and to the devil I go!

Not a comma.

Although not every comma has been checked.

Wait. That's a comma, not a decimal.

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