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Definition of Commas
1. comma [n] - See also: comma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commas
Literary usage of Commas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, and Style Into Writer's Workshop by Jeff Anderson (2005)
"commas in a series separate items or actions so the reader can identify each ...
In other words, use commas as separators to keep the items or actions in ..."
2. Business English Projects by Walter Wilbur Hatfield (1921)
"Indeed, for internal punctuation it is the universal mark, except (1) when complex
expressions which must themselves contain commas are to be divided from ..."
3. Sentence and Theme: Composition for the First Year of High School by Charles Henshaw Ward (1917)
"The best way to begin is to give the reasons for the commas that we find in printed
... In number 10 Macaulay meant by his commas, "And I may inform you, ..."
4. A Manual of the Mechanics of Writing by Raymond Woodbury Pence (1921)
"Use commas to set off words, phrases, or clauses interpolated or used parenthetically.
Such words as the following are often used parenthetically and when ..."
5. A Treatise on English Punctuation: With an Appendix, Containing Rules on the by John Wilson (1899)
"Two commas [ „ ] are occasionally employed to indicate that something is understood
which was expressed in the line and word immediately above; as, —. ..."
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