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The punctuation mark , used to provide a pause in text.

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  • Hillary didn't know there should be a comma between the name of a city and a state.
  • But whatever you call the comma, is it right or wrong?
  • That's usually what we call the comma cloud, where we kind of -- the hook echo.
  • But when in doubt, a comma is always tasteful and never out of style -- as long as one uses it correctly.
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  • A "coma" is an unconscious condition caused by accident or disease, a "comma" is a mark of punctuation that looks like (,) and indicates a pause in a sentence, while "karma" is the Hindu belief that actions determine a person's destiny in his or her next
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