English-language punctuation, the serial comma, also referred to as the series comma, Oxford comma, or Harvard comma, is a comma placed immediately after the...
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apples, peaches, and bananas. (serial comma used) We cleaned up cores, pits and skins. (serial comma omitted) The serial comma is used much more often, usually...
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Comma-separated values (CSV) is a text file format that uses commas to separate values, and newlines to separate records. A CSV file stores tabular data...
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Serial Bus, also known as USB Serial code or serial number Serial comma Serial killer Serial relation in mathematics, a binary relation R that relates every...
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Punctuation (redirect from Question comma)
question marks, and exclamation points.[further explanation needed] The serial comma is used much more often in the United States than in the UK. Other languages...
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between the two last conjuncts: "I will need bread, cheese and ham". The serial comma is not usually used in front of the conjunction between the last two...
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Look up comma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A comma (,) is a type of punctuation mark. Comma, commas, or , may also refer to: Comma (music), a type...
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English punctuation (section Comma)
postal addresses. This style also eschews optional commas in sentences, including the serial comma. Open punctuation also frequently drops apostrophes...
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19, 2022, at the Wayback Machine. Nancy Tuten, "Oxford (or Serial) Commas: Using a Comma before AND in a List" Archived May 26, 2022, at the Wayback...
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the end of a list without conjunction, a comma is typically written in front of the phrase (but see Serial comma). If etc. is used at the end of a sentence...
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Logical conjunction Logical disjunction Polysyndeton Relativizer Serial comma – the comma used immediately before a coordinating conjunction preceding the...
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points in the abbreviations, but eschews the comma after them (it similarly drops the title's serial comma before "and", which most UK and many US publishers...
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Semicolon (redirect from Super-comma)
internal punctuation, especially parenthetic commas, where the semicolons function as the serial commas for the entire series or listing. The semicolon...
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regular comma when separating words constituting a list. Chinese language does not traditionally observe the English custom of a serial comma (the comma before...
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or Oxford Down, a breed of sheep originating in England Oxford comma, the serial comma Oxford English, a formal style of English Oxford "-er", a type...
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sentences Natural language processing Paraprosdokian Reading span task Serial comma The Purple People Eater Transderivational search Oaks, Dallin D. (2010)...
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Slash (punctuation) (redirect from Scratch comma)
several other historical or technical names. Once used to mark periods and commas, the slash is now used to represent division and fractions, exclusive 'or'...
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is one of the earliest known sources that recommend using a serial comma or "Oxford comma", citing a written recommendation by Herbert Spencer. An epitome...
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than one attribute after a determined word, for enumerations (but the serial comma is not used), between coordinated or subordinated clauses, between direct...
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before a full stop at the end of a sentence. The comma is used between for enumerations (but the serial comma is not used), before adversative conjunctions...
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"Treachery, Faith, and the Great River" (originally without a serial comma) is the 156th episode of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the...
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but the serial comma is not used in Spanish: España, Francia y Portugal ('Spain, France(,) and Portugal'). There are some cases in which the comma after...
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skip and similar link-level conditions. At least one of them (i.e. a "comma" symbol) needs to be used to define the alignment of the 10-bit symbols...
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points in the abbreviations, but eschews the comma after them (it similarly drops the title's serial comma before "and", which most UK and many US publishers...
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absolute adjectives double negative History of English grammars preposition serial comma singular they split infinitive superlative of two y'all Wright, Laura...
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rBST-treated and non rBST-treated cows. Oakhurst does not use rBST in its milk. Serial comma § Maine labor dispute "Oakhurst Dairy (page 1)". BNET.com. Retrieved...
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and the city of Hartford. The Journal Inquirer uses the "Oxford" or serial comma, unlike most American newspapers that follow The Associated Press Stylebook...
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kinds of non-diatonic scales. Some of the very smallest ones are called commas, and describe small discrepancies, observed in some tuning systems, between...
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case-specific policies for references. The Herald does not employ the serial comma, and favors the word "said" after a quote over "mentioned", "pointed...
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Asynchronous Serial Interface, or ASI, is a method of carrying an MPEG Transport Stream (MPEG-TS) over 75-ohm copper coaxial cable or optical fiber. It...
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