Noun : The defendant and/or his/her attorney must appear in court. ,3/21/27; 3/4; Sweetest love I do not go/For weariness of thee. From Dictionary.com.
A virgule is closer to the vertical than a solidus, but usually one has to see them side by side in the same typeface to know the difference. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
In English the word virgule denotes “/”, the mark commonly known as the slash. From Wordnik.com. [Comma splice] Reference
Après chaque virgule, il faudrait un retour à la ligne. From Wordnik.com. [Bloggy Friday: Lausanne, 03.09.04 — Climb to the Stars] Reference
Often, the French ‘virgule’ is used differently than in English. From Wordnik.com. [Comma splice] Reference
Worse would be a shift to a decade made famous by obscure punctuation marks, such as the interrobang or virgule. From Wordnik.com. [Barack Obama appears -- simultaneously -- on Olbermann and O'Reilly and I have some advice for Obama.] Reference
I tried this about 10 minutes ago with and without the trailing virgule on the URL, and the results said the ping was accepted, but I have yet to see BatesLine's updated status change. From Wordnik.com. [BatesLine: June 2005 Archives] Reference
In the manuscripts of Chaucer, the line is always broken by a cæsura in the middle, which is pointed out by a virgule; and this is preserved in the early editions down to that of 1532. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] Reference
Can the first comment mention that this is a terrible misuse of a virgule?. From Wordnik.com. [MetaFilter] Reference
National Punctuation Day and once again the poor little virgule / slash gets short shrift. From Wordnik.com. [Language Log] Reference
C'était chiant parce qu'on pouvait même pas copier coller les chiffres d'AccèsD parce qu'ils contenaient une virgule!. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Geospatial] Reference
In addition to points, Aristophanes is generally credited with creating the virgule, hyphen, apostrophe, and quotation marks. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 2] Reference
His beard was trimmed to a moustache and/virgule/(now called imperial) and he carried a sword at his side and a cane in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [Catherine De Medici] Reference
Pierre-Luc Oh, AccèsD a été mis-à-jour: on peut maintenant entrer "240,40" sans obtenir de message d'erreur (à cause de la virgule). From Wordnik.com. [Planet Geospatial] Reference
The virgule, which sometimes appeared as a slash and other times as a long comma, was inserted between words where the meaning might seem ambiguous. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 2] Reference
Salut, est-ce qu'il y a un moyen que ton greffon utilise la virgule comme séparatateur’?. From Wordnik.com. [Tags and Categories are not the Same! — Climb to the Stars] Reference
Salut, est-ce qu’il y a un moyen que ton greffon utilise la virgule comme séparatateur’?. From Wordnik.com. [Tags and Categories are not the Same! — Climb to the Stars] Reference
(Yes, I'm distressed because you omitted the virgule and single quotation marks, but included the brackets. From Wordnik.com. [Blog updates] Reference
Five, with a virgule before. From Wordnik.com. [Erotica Romana] Reference
But who will celebrate / honor the lowly virgule?. From Wordnik.com. [Language Log] Reference
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