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An abbreviated form of thevirgula,⟨/⟩, used to indicate a pause. The modern form was first used byAldus Manutius. Thevirgula replaced the earlier dot because dots differentiated only by height were difficult to distinguish in medieval minuscule text.
, (English namecomma)
- Separates items in a list.
She sells dogs, cats, and birds.
Ella vende perros, gatos y pájaros.
- Separates clauses in a sentence.
- Separates coordinate adjectives.
the dull, incessant droning
- Optionally sets off quoted material that is the grammatical object of an active verb of speaking or writing.
Mr. Kershner says, “You should know how to use a comma.”
- Separates one element in a date from another.
Feb. 14, 1987, was the target date.
Donnerstag, 29. Juni 2023
- Separates a region from a geographic place within.
Austin, Texas
- Separates the surname from the given name when the traditional order is the reverse.
Smith, John
- Separates a title from a name.
John Smith, PhD
- Markselision.
The cat was white; the dog, brown.(Here the comma replaceswas.)
- Sets off a noun or pronoun that represents someone or something being spoken to (when used independently).
I hope, John, that you will read this.
J’espère, Jean, que vous lirez ça.
- Separatessteps to do something insoftware.
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- (Separates items in a list) The last comma before aconjunction in a list is called aserial comma. Usage of the serial comma depends on thehouse style one uses and thelanguage in question, so (depending on the language) the phrase can also be written without the comma: “She sells dogs, cats and birds.” SeeSerial comma on Wikipedia for more details.
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- in Arabic:،
- in Armenian:՝
- in Chinese:，
- in Japanese:、
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- Aseparator used withnumbers.
- In some counting systems,separatesgroups of threeconsecutivedigits; thethousands separator.
- Synonyms:(in other counting systems)] [(space),.,٬,’
I have 1,258 flags.
- In theIndian numbering system,separatesgroups of twoconsecutivedigits, except for one final group of three.
- In some counting systems,sets off thedecimal orfractional part of anumber; thedecimal separator.
- Synonyms:(in other counting systems).,·,’
- Le debo 7,14 €.(Spanish) ―I owe you €7.14.
- J’ai payé 10,14 €.(French) ―I paid €10.14.
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Punctuation
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- (Stenoscript) the suffix-(V)nce or-(V)nse (-ance,-ence,-anse,-ense, etc.)
- (Stenoscript) the suffix-ity
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- glottal stop (with falling lexicaltone).
The punctuation mark is separated from the preceding word by a space.
Falling tone is otherwise unmarked. Glottal stop with other tones is low⟨;⟩ and high⟨ʼ⟩.
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