comma
逗号,逗点,顿号,顿时
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Definitions
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- : the sign, a mark of punctuation used for indicating a division in a sentence, as in setting off a word, phrase, or clause, especially when such a division is accompanied by a slight pause or is to be noted in order to give order to the sequential elements of the sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list, to mark off thousands in numerals, to separate types or levels of information in bibliographic and other data, and, in Europe, as a decimal point.
- : Classical Prosody. a fragment or smaller section of a colon.the part of dactylic hexameter beginning or ending with the caesura.the caesura itself.
- : Music. the minute, virtually unheard difference in pitch between two enharmonic tones, as G♯ and A♭.
- : any of several nymphalid butterflies, as Polygonia comma, having a comma-shaped silver mark on the underside of each hind wing.
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Examples
I wanted it to be a dramedy, although I’d call it more of a comma.
Fake ones use more generic words like “vacation,” “family” and “experience” accompanied by a lot of commas and exclamation marks.
The analysis found characteristics strongly suggestive of bots — such as double commas and dangling commas that often appear with automatic scripts — though at least some of the accounts were being operated by humans.
Cut down on any unnecessary characters like commas and spaces.
Those little tiny objects are made up of unintelligible commas, spaces, numbers and all sorts of nebulous characters.
Can it be exported to Excel, or a comma-separated file, for instance?
It was more like punctuation, a real life comma that emphasizes the constant pressures of our daily schedule.
Sort of a combination grammar and punctuation problem, is what I call the “however comma splice.”
Power is the subject, and the execution is precise—even if this book will make you miss the comma terribly.
Is it a kind of punctuation, part comma, part full stop, part interrogatory mark?
It was bordered by trees for almost its entire length on both sides, and it was shaped like a enormous, elongated comma.
Page 229 Chapter X a comma was inserted in the phrase 'he would secure the competence he had yearned for, for so many years'.
It was done to please him; for I omitted neither accent, nor comma, nor the minutest tittle of all he had marked down.
Lucas bore it patiently; he didn't want his great-grandchildren and Elaine's shooting it out over a matter of a misplaced comma.
And even if nobody read it through, not even a reviewer, I should have to without skipping a word or a comma.