2017年7月11日 星期二

美英兩則逗點 (comma) 的故事和漫畫,是否同一件事?

美英兩則逗點的故事和漫畫,是否同一件事?



comma
ˈkɒmə/
noun
  1. 1.
    a punctuation mark (,) indicating a pause between parts of a sentence or separating items in a list.
  2. 2.
    MUSIC
    a minute interval or difference of pitch.




A cartoon by Emily Flake.

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Oxford comma
noun
  1. a comma used after the penultimate item in a list of three or more items, before ‘and’ or ‘or’ (e.g. an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect ).
A row has broken out over the marking of this year’s primary school tests after teachers complained that their pupils had been unfairly marked down for the shape and size of their semi-colons and commas.

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