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comma

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1. comma - Noun

2. comma - Verb

Meaning

A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed.

A small interval (the difference between a major and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Abraham (1939: p. 165) — comma Musical analysis Central to the opera is the way the Russians are distinguished from the Polovtsians through melodic characterization. Source: Internet

According to New Hart's Rules, "house style will dictate" whether to use the serial comma, and "The general rule is that one style or the other should be used consistently." Source: Internet

A comma in subscripts and superscripts sometimes is omitted; it is also ambiguous notation. Source: Internet

A comma would be a pause to evaluate the situation. Source: Internet

As this saga plays out in Guyana, the drama continues to spill on the election opera stage, where the actors are leading the managers into a trauma and the audience is in a dilemma, prolonging a recount result in a panorama punctuated with many a comma. Source: Internet

Ahmad Shah Massoud — comma Pepe Escobar — comma Afghan traditions would need a generation or more to overcome and could only be challenged by education, he said. Source: Internet

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