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Translingual
Etymology
Descended from the diagonal slash ( / ), used to indicate a pause. The modern form was first used by Aldus Manutius.
Punctuation mark
, (English name comma)
- Separates items in a list.
- She sells dogs, cats, and birds.
- Separates clauses in a sentence.
- 2000, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta [Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets] (Harry Potter; 2), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 217:
- Quando tiver uma dúvida, vá à biblioteca.
- When you are in doubt, go to the library.
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- Separates coordinate adjectives.
- The dull, incessant droning.
- Optionally sets off quoted material that is the grammatical object of an active verb of speaking or writing.
- Mr. Kershner says, "You should know how to use a comma."
- Separates the year in a date.
- Feb. 14, 1987, was the target date.
- Separates a region from a geographic place within.
- Austin, Texas
- Separates the surname from given name when the traditional order is the reverse.
- Smith, John
- Separates title from a name.
- John Smith, PhD
- Marks elision.
- The cat was white; the dog, brown.(Here the comma replaces was.)
- Marks a noun or pronoun used independently when speaking to some person, place or thing.
- I hope, John, that you will read this.
- Separates steps to do something in software.
- 1995, Paul W. Ross, The Handbook of Software for Engineers and Scientists (in English), CRC Press, →ISBN, page 719:
- Choose View, Screen Show, Edit Effect to provide transition effects such as Fade and Blinds.
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Usage notes
- (Separates items in a list) The last comma before a conjunction in a list is called a serial comma. Usage of the serial comma depends on the house style one uses, so the phrase can also be written without the comma: "She sells dogs, cats and birds." See Serial comma on Wikipedia for more details.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:,.
Symbol
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- The thousands separator used in some countries.
- I have 1,258 flags.
- (South Asia) Used for the Indian numbering system.
- The decimal separator used in some countries.
- Le debo 7,14 €. (Spanish) ― I owe you €7.14
- J'ai payé 10,14 €. (French) ― I paid €10.14
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:,.
Alternative forms
- in Arabic: ،
- in Armenian: ՝ (,)
- in Chinese: ,
- in Japanese: 、
Synonyms
- (Decimal separator): . (in other countries)
- (Thousands separator): . (in other countries)
See also
Punctuation
- apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ )
- curly brackets or braces (US) ( { } )
- square brackets or brackets (US) ( [ ] )
- colon ( : )
- comma ( , )
- dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― )
- ellipsis ( … )
- exclamation mark ( ! )
- fraction slash ( ⁄ )
- guillemets ( « » ) ( ‹ › )
- hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )
- interpunct ( · )
- interrobang (rare) ( ‽ )
- brackets or parentheses (US, Canada) ( ( ) )
- full stop or period (US, Canada) ( . )
- question mark ( ? )
- quotation marks (formal) ( ‘ ’ ‚ ) ( “ ” „ )
- quotation marks (informal, computing) ( " ) ( ' )
- semicolon ( ; )
- slash or stroke (UK) ( / )
- space ( )
Diacritical mark
,
- A diacritical mark used below some letters in some written languages.
English
Suffix
,
- (stenoscript) the suffix -(V)nce or -(V)nse (-ance, -ence, -anse, -ense, etc.)
- (stenoscript) the suffix -ity
Romanian
Diacritical mark
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- A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called virgulă (“comma”) in Romanian, and found on Ș/ș and Ț/ț.