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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Latin plural of comma, 1 and 2.

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  • noun Plural form of comma.

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Examples

  • It will be noticed that the section "ET IN" and the coda begin at about the same perpendicular line, the commata begin further in under the third or second letter, and so likewise does the continuation of

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

  • There are no marks of punctuation, but the skilled reader was guided into the sense by stichometric, or verse-like, arrangement into coda and commata, which correspond roughly to the principal and dependent clauses of a sentence.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

  • * P.S.: my changelog form blog engine looks cool, but fails with commata in titles.

    Planet Debian 2009

  • * P.S.: my changelog form blog engine looks cool, but fails with commata in titles.

    Planet Debian 2009

  • * P.S.: my changelog form blog engine looks cool, but fails with commata in titles.

    Planet Debian 2009

  • * P.S.: my changelog form blog engine looks cool, but fails with commata in titles.

    Planet Debian 2009

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