comma

[US]/ˈkɒmə/
[UK]/ˈkɑːmə/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a punctuation mark indicating a pause or separation, often used to separate items in a list

Phrases & Collocations

comma placement

comma splice

comma usage guidelines

Example Sentences

Not a comma was left out.

inverted comma (=quotation mark)

an editor who niggled about commas;

Similar in principle to the enclosing of parenthetic expressions between commas is the setting off by commas of phrases or dependent clauses preceding or following the main clause of a sentence.

In the sentence, a comma is used to separate the clauses.

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