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Example sentences for: comma

How can you use “comma” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

In fact, you would have no difficulty finding the series comma used at any college or professional division editing department at any major New York publisher.
In a gem of a little book called The New Well-Tempered Sentence , by K.E. Gordon (Ticknor & Fields, 1993), the author writes that in a series of three or more elements, ... a comma comes before the conjunction-- unless you're a journalist .
On the other hand, it is admissible, as we have already seen, to throw solvers off the scent with an occasional comma in the “wrong” place.
In an On Language column (April 26, 1993), William Safire called for doing away with the serial comma to save a projected 12 billion commas nationwide.
It is worth noting that the first element of clue M. consists of the four words On reflection the parts . The comma, correctly inserted between reflection and the , may mislead, but such punctuational conflicts are considered perfectly legitimate, or even a piquant little feature.