Sentence examples for commas it from inspiring English sources

"If you've got character, in inverted commas, it happens.

That phrase set off by commas, it a convoluted, preening muscle-flex, is a big problem.

To keep the commas, it needs to be: Jill Meyers, a sophomore, is president of the sorority.

Another problem with trying to find meaning in the Second Amendment's commas is that nobody is certain how many commas it is supposed to have.

"Still Crazy After All These Years" – the second encore – is a too-bright number whose sense of "fun" is best expressed in inverted commas; it includes a honking sax solo.

If all of the items in your series are phrases instead of single words, or if the items in your list contain commas, it is acceptable to use semicolons to separate the items instead of commas: "You have a choice of two breakfasts: granola, orange juice, and coffee, which is fairly cheap; or bacon, sausage, and eggs, which is more expensive".[13].[13]

"It's just a comma; it's not a period.

"But I tell them, if you change a comma, it could open the door to something.

Usage guides say that if you can substitute "and" for the comma it belongs there.

The fifths are flat by a quarter of a comma, which is much less dissonant than a comma: it gives a beat rate of 0.9 to 4 per second for fifths that fall within the compass of the medieval gamut.

The blunt truth is that even if the EU fulfilled the Lisbon agenda down to the last comma, it would still not become the world's most competitive economy by 2010.So what ails the European Union?