Comma

The comma ( , ) is a punctuation mark that appears in several variants in various languages. It has the same shape as an apostrophe or single closing quotation mark in many typefaces, but it differs from them in being placed on the baseline of the text. Some typefaces render it as a small line, slightly curved or straight but inclined from the vertical, or with the appearance of a small, filled-in number 9.

The comma is used in many contexts and languages, mainly for separating parts of a sentence such as clauses, and items in lists, particularly when there are three or more items listed. The word comma comes from the Greek komma (κόμμα), which means a cut-off piece; specifically, in grammar, a short clause.

A comma-shaped mark is used as a diacritic in several writing systems: above the letter in Greek; below the letter in Latvian, Romanian, and Livonian, and is considered distinct from the cedilla.

Comma variants

The basic comma is defined in Unicode as U+002C , comma (HTML ,), and many variants by typography or language are also defined.

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Comma (disambiguation)

A comma is a type of punctuation mark "," (44 in ASCII). The word comes from the Greek komma (κόμμα), which means something cut off or a short clause

Comma may also refer to:

  • Comma (music), a type of interval in music theory
  • Comma butterfly, the brush-footed butterfly Polygonia c-album (and related species; "comma butterflies": the genus Polygonia in general)
  • Comma, the journal of the International Council on Archives
  • Comma (rhetoric), a short clause in Ancient Greek rhetoric
  • Comma operator, an operator in C and other related programming languages
  • Johannine comma, or Comma Johanneum, a short clause of disputed authenticity in the Gospel of John
  • Oxford comma, a disputed usage of the punctuation mark

    • See also

  • Caesura
  • Coma (disambiguation)
  • Commer - commercial vehicle manufacturer
  • Kama
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    Comma (rhetoric)

    In Ancient Greek rhetoric, a comma (κόμμα komma, plural κόμματα kommata) is a short clause, something less than a colon.

    In the system of Aristophanes of Byzantium, commata were separated by middle interpuncts.

    In antiquity, a comma was defined as a combination of words that has no more than eight syllables.

    See also

  • Comma Johanneum - disputed text in 1 John 5:7-8

    • References

  • http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Figures/C/comma.htm Part of a glossary of classical rhetorical terms.

    • Bibliography

  • Bruce M. Metzger, Bart D. Ehrman, The Text of the New Testament. Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration, New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. 45–46.
  • Toivo Viljamaa, "Colon and comma: Dionysius of Halicarnassus on the sentence structure", pp. 163-178 in P. Swiggers, A. Wouters (eds.), Syntax in Antiquity , 2003


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