comma

nounpause

Synonyms for comma

noun pause

lull

noun. pause, calm

Word Origin & History

1520s as a Latin word, nativized by 1590s, from Latin comma "short phrase," from Greek komma "clause in a sentence," literally "piece which is cut off," from koptein "to cut off," from PIE root *kop- "to beat, strike" (see hatchet (n.)). Like colon (n.1) and period, originally a Greek rhetorical term for a part of a sentence, and like them it has been transferred to the punctuation mark that identifies it.

Example Sentences for comma

We have to insert its thin edge at a comma, or else keep still.

Both a comma and a colon were used and have been retained in this e-book.

Only the first word should be capitalized and a comma is placed at the end.

The older form of writing an address was to end each line with a comma.

A restrictive clause is not separated by a comma from the noun.

Without a comma before or after only, the meaning of this sentence is doubtful.

A long subject is often separated from the predicate by a comma.

A comma must not be placed before and when it connects two words only.

A comma must not be placed before that except when it is equivalent to in order that.

The comma might indicate that additional information is missing from the footnote.

comma

Synonyms for comma

More words related to comma

interval

intervals

lull

pause