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commas

/ˈkɑm.əz/ /ˈkɒm.əz/

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noun

The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set off parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.

Examples :

"Please use the context that I specified above for the example sentence. Here's a good example sentence: "When writing a list of items, like apples, bananas, and oranges, remember to use commas to separate them." "

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noun

A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark.

Examples :

"In some languages, letters like "ç" and "ş" have small commas written underneath them as diacritical marks. "

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Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia.

Examples :

"While walking through the garden, we spotted several commas fluttering around the flowering bushes, their distinctive comma-shaped markings easily visible on their underwings. "

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noun

A difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways.

Examples :

"When tuning a piano, slight commas can appear between octaves depending on the method used, making a perfectly "in-tune" piano a mathematical impossibility. "

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noun

A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence.

Examples :

"The genetic sequence was difficult to read because it lacked commas to separate the different codons. "

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noun

In Ancient Greek rhetoric, a short clause, something less than a colon, originally denoted by comma marks. In antiquity it was defined as a combination of words having no more than eight syllables in all. It was later applied to longer phrases, e.g. the Johannine comma.

Examples :

"In ancient Greek rhetoric, speeches were often broken down into smaller units, and a "commas," defined as a short clause of just a few words, was a common element. "

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noun

A brief interval.

Examples :

"The speaker paused with commas between sentences, giving us time to think about what he said. "

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verb

To place a comma or commas within text; to follow, precede, or surround a portion of text with commas.

Examples :

"The teacher asked us to commas the list of ingredients to make it easier to read. "

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