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Description: I would put commas between our aim and then the copy editor woman to take know it has to be semicolons and then the design lady would say no it's gotta be slashes because that looks so much better and then we went through a party and that doctor little the science and personality guy would come over and we'd say there's about to be a party and he'd say no I'm an introvert I'm an introvert

Charles McCarry

I have to tell you, I'm a happy man. I've lived the life I wanted to live. I've written the books I wanted to write. No publisher has ever even suggested that I change so much as a phrase - commas and periods, yes - and I suspect that I have a lot of serious readers; in fact, I know.

American Writer

Sue Perkins

I have slight attention-span issues, so I will often wander off, and then I will be alerted - in inverted commas - when the smoke alarm goes off. So that's how I work out if a bake is finished.

English Comedian

Pico Iyer

To me, part of the beauty of a comma is that it offers a rest, like one in music: a break that gives the whole piece of music greater shape, deeper harmony. It allows us to catch our breath.

Indian Writer

Kathy Burke

In fact, I didn't realize I was 'unattractive' - in inverted commas - until I started acting. It was, 'Oh no, you're not right for the part - we're looking for a pretty girl.

English Actress

Francine Prose

If things are going well I can easily spend twelve hours a day writing, but not writing writing, just thinking and revising and taking a comma out and putting it back in.

Paulie Malignaggi

Hatton don't look much like a guy who thinks about commas. But he is a gentleman. His family are gentlemanly. Real classy people.

American Athlete

Ze Frank

A good procrastination should feel like you're inserting lots and lots of commas into the sentence of your life.

American Comedian

Mick Foley

I leave my editor to put the periods and commas in.

American Actor

Mark Helprin

I have been fighting over commas all my life.

American Novelist

Matthew McConaughey

Use commas to separate items in a list for clarity.

List Separator

In conversational English, a comma often represents where you would naturally pause.

Natural Pause

Commaseparate clauses to prevent misreading or confusion.

Avoiding Confusion

The comma marking is a key feature for identifying specific species.

Wing Identification

In zoology, a comma has nothing to do with writing; it refers to a shape or pattern.

Not a Punctuation

The presence of a comma can distinguish similar butterfly species from each other.

Species Indicator

A comma in brewing is a small amount of yeast used to initiate fermentation.

Fermentation Starter

The term 'comma' underscores the minimal amount of yeast needed.

Yeast Quantity

This comma is not just any yeast, but an active culture ready to spur fermentation.

Active Cultures

 I would put commas between our aim and then the copy editor woman to take know it has to be semicolons and then the design lady would say no it's gotta be slashes because that looks so much better and then we went through a party and that doctor little the science and personality guy would come over and we'd say there's about to be a party and he'd say no I'm an introvert I'm an introvert

TED2016 in review PIPE...

 bears in these areas and this conflict is is coming up I don't like you using the word conflict I say in inverted commas just because I it's a quite a negative connotation but we're seeing it more and more right coexisting of humans and Wildlife is such a such a big thing but in terms of like the broader wider

Face-to-Face with a Bear...

 showed up as well. Ultimately, the serial comma may be useful or annoying, but your opinion on it, as for many optional things, probably has something to do with whichever style you were raised on. Your high school teachers favored it? It's likely you're still using it.

Grammar's great divide:...

 autism can be free from the devastating consequences the comma beta times the profound intellectual disabilities the lack of language the profound profound isolation we feel the individuals of autism in fact have a very special perspective on the world and we need

A new way to diagnose...

 this cute little creature ended up slaughtering it and eating it afterwards i think they said it tastes like chicken this is a comma a comma is a camel llama hybrid created to try to get the heartiness of a camel with some of the personality traits of a

It's time to question...

 So, think of it this way. Imagine a world full of brains and far more memes than can possibly find homes. The memes are all trying to get copied -- trying, in inverted commas -- i.e., that's the shorthand for, if they can get copied, they will.

Susan Blackmore: Memes...

 It's stronger than a comma, and less final than a period. It fills the spaces in between, and for that reason, it has some specific and important tasks. For one, it can clarify ideas in a sentence that's already festooned with commas.

How to use a semicolon -...

 a simple law of physics, and some common scenarios, you will be able to use commas correctly. I like to think of the different parts of our sentence as characters. Let's meet a few of the tiny conjunctions, the mighty subordinates,

Comma story - Terisa...

 she sent me that image. She said, "Dude A's dominance of your brain seems to essentially have been eradicated. I think this is the desired result," comma, yes, question mark.

Can we choose to fall...

 unfortunate teams I'm having a bit of a problem with my irregular that someone was asking there's the Audion well they seemed a comma fraid I can't yeah the name but

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