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How to pronounce comma in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms comma butterfly, polygonia comma
Type of brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly
Type Words
Type of punctuation mark, punctuation

Examples of comma

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The Wehrmacht replaced a comma with ZZ and the question sign with FRAGE or FRAQ.
From the en.wikipedia.org
However, the comma was used according to pauses in pronuciation, not the syntax.
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A comma butterfly, its outspread wings angled perfectly to absorb the sun's rays.
From the guardian.co.uk
I am all for the Oxford comma, though I tried to write without it for many years.
From the economist.com
A comma is usually unnecessary if the causal link is in the middle of a clause.
From the en.wikipedia.org
They proposed to lock the door tight by inserting a comma after the word taxes.
From the time.com
I am not entirely confident in your ce and have revised mostly for comma usage.
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Comma to the Top, Shackleford and Soldat figure to be among the early pacesetters.
From the freep.com
They do, however, still teach the difference between the comma and the period.
From the economist.com
More examples
  • A punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
  • Anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
  • The comma (,) is a punctuation mark. It has the same shape as an apostrophe or single closing quotation mark in many typefaces, but it differs from them in being placed on the baseline of the text. ...
  • The Comma (Polygonia c-album) is a species of butterfly, common in the United Kingdom and with a distribution across Europe and temperate Asia to Japan and south to Morocco. Similar species are found in the United States and Canada. It has a white marking on its underwings resembling a comma. ...
  • In music theory, a comma is a minute interval, the difference resulting from tuning one note two different ways . ...
  • In Ancient Greek rhetoric, a comma (u03BAu03CCu03BCu03BCu03B1 komma, plural u03BAu03CCu03BCu03BCu03B1u03C4u03B1 kommata) is a short clause, something less than a colon.
  • Punctuation mark , (usually indicating a pause between parts of a sentence or between elements in a list); A diacritical mark used below certain letters in Romanian; A European and North American butterfly, Polygonia c-album, of the family Nymphalidae; a small or very small interval between ...
  • (Commas) are often used to mark off connecting adverbs or adverbial phrases or clauses:
  • The sign (,) used as a punctuation mark for indicating phrases or clauses in a sentence, for separating words or list items, for identifying levels of data, for distinguishing types of bibliographic information, for delineating numeric groups, and for specifying decimal points in numeric ...