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- noun Plural form of
comma .
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Examples
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The only thing worse than using too many commas is the fear you might run out and have to resort to desperate measures like run-on sentences or fragments.
Happy, National Punctuation Day?.!!,()& Alexandra Petri 2010
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However is often implicated in commas splices, which I describe here.
However 2008
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Many of these clauses contain commas, allowing semicolons to emphasize the overall structure and distinct parts of the sentence.
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However is often implicated in commas splices, which I describe here.
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Many of these clauses contain commas, allowing semicolons to emphasize the overall structure and distinct parts of the sentence.
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I think one of the effects you get with a breakdown of that barrier between narrative and dialogue imposed by inverted commas is a seepage of voice.
Infinity Plus Review Hal Duncan 2005
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I think one of the effects you get with a breakdown of that barrier between narrative and dialogue imposed by inverted commas is a seepage of voice.
Archive 2005-12-01 Hal Duncan 2005
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Prosodically the poem's iambic pentametre couplets end in commas as often as full stops and on rare occasions run ahead with no punctuation whatever.
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[...] is often implicated in commas splices, which I describe here.
Comma splice 2008
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(Lots of commas, is that acceptable? if you’re trying to express points? dialogue isn’t my strong suited)
mollusque commented on the word commas
He was a guy who talked with commas, like a heavy novel. Over the phone anyway.
Raymond Chandler, 1953, The Long Goodbye, chapter 11
September 5, 2009
bilby commented on the word commas
Ha, ha, ha!
September 6, 2009