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Encyclopedia > Comma

The term comma has various uses;

comma is the name used for one of the punctuation symbols: ","
The term comma is also used in music theory for various small intervals that arise as differences between approximately equal intervals. See musical tuning, Pythagorean comma, Septimal comma, and syntonic comma.
A comma is also a type of butterfly, common in the United Kingdom. Other varieties are found in the United States and Canada. It has a white marking on its underwings resembling a comma.

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Using Commas (1123 words)
	Use a pair of commas in the middle of a sentence to set off clauses, phrases, and words that are not essential to the meaning of the sentence.
	Use one comma before to indicate the beginning of the pause and one at the end to indicate the end of the pause.
	Use a comma near the end of a sentence to separate contrasted coordinate elements or to indicate a distinct pause or shift.

Encyclopedia4U - Comma (punctuation) - Encyclopedia Article (499 words)
	Commas are also used to separate items in lists, and to present large numbers in a more readable form.
	Writers often use optional commas for stylistic reasons, to indicate such a pause where none may be required, grammatically.
	As a diacritic mark, comma is used in Romanian under s: Ș (ș), and under t: Ț (ț).

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