Sentence examples for extra comma from inspiring English sources

A few strokes of an arts official's pen yesterday, an extra comma and it was done.

This postscript to the saga proves that whereas a sign at the market saying 'Potatoe's' is universally accepted as both erroneous and cringe-worthy, there is no point having sleepless nights over an extra comma here and there; life's too short, after all.

Extra comma in the ICIME citation style.

We made it a whole extra comma above our target.

There are a few places with missing or extra commas, instances where article "the" can (or perhaps should) be removed, etc.

(I am not counting the use of the semicolon as an extra-strength comma to separate items in a series that already has commas in it).

(I am not counting the use of the semicolon as an extra-strength comma to separate items in a series that already has commas in it). In three random columns by each critic, Lane uses six semicolons in two columns and four in one; Denby weighs in at four, three, and two.

We used an extra "and" when a comma would have been correct for the series.

Put in commas, these things, extra words.

It gives extra information, is preceded by a comma, and if you try it with "that" it sounds odd ("this house, that Jack built").

For a week or so before the press date, we met each day and went through galleys from comma to comma, with an extra beat for a semicolon.