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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)

comma

/ˈkɒm.ə/

An illustration for comma

noun

mark showing a pause or list in a sentence

  • “This paragraph has very long sentences and too many commas.”Tatoeba
  • “Practice safe text, use commas and never miss a period.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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