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
But they speak so fast, and talk about no punctuation — there’s not a period or a comma in the world to stop them once they start talking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
Then, it coils itself into a comma, bunching up its lower half.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
The State Opening of Parliament felt like a ceremonial comma.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2023
Aren’t there rules for the comma, just as there are rules for the apostrophe?
From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author
Also, he said, she added way too many commas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
How barmy is it to fly thousands of people half-way around the world to sit in giant air-conditioned tents to argue about commas, and interpretations of convoluted words?
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
The author has a curious relationship with commas; his sentences often run on to the point where you might find yourself looking for periods without finding them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025
“We put commas, not periods on everything—it’s never over.”
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2025
“It stinks of Sport,” said Mordred in inverted commas, “and the Done Thing and the Best People. Let’s go to the garden.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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