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Synonyms for comma

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kom-uh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒm ə

Définition of comma

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun pause
Example sentences :
  • We have to insert its thin edge at a comma, or else keep still.
  • Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • Both a comma and a colon were used and have been retained in this e-book.
  • Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
  • Only the first word should be capitalized and a comma is placed at the end.
  • Extract from : « How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) » by Mary Owens Crowther
  • The older form of writing an address was to end each line with a comma.
  • Extract from : « The Etiquette of To-day » by Edith B. Ordway
  • A restrictive clause is not separated by a comma from the noun.
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • A long subject is often separated from the predicate by a comma.
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • A comma must not be placed before and when it connects two words only.
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • Without a comma before or after only, the meaning of this sentence is doubtful.
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • A comma must not be placed before that except when it is equivalent to in order that.
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • The comma might indicate that additional information is missing from the footnote.
  • Extract from : « Early Theories of Translation » by Flora Ross Amos

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