Examples of comma in a Sentence
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Gemini’s poem doesn’t use punctuation beyond commas and periods, while Copilot’s poem feels lacking with its line breaks and enjambment that read like prose.
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PC Magazine, 29 May 2025
None of the jazz conversation without full stops and commas.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 28 May 2025
Gemini took care with its enjambment, carefully crafting stanzas, but didn’t use punctuation outside of periods and commas.
—PC Magazine, 6 May 2025
Note that there is no comma—no Oxford comma, that is, beloved of this publication and often scorned elsewhere—before the conjunction.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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PC Magazine, 29 May 2025
None of the jazz conversation without full stops and commas.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 28 May 2025
Gemini took care with its enjambment, carefully crafting stanzas, but didn’t use punctuation outside of periods and commas.
—PC Magazine, 6 May 2025
Note that there is no comma—no Oxford comma, that is, beloved of this publication and often scorned elsewhere—before the conjunction.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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“Comma.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comma. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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comma
noun
com·ma
ˈkäm-ə 
: a punctuation mark , used chiefly to show separation of words or word groups within a sentence
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