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** separating ideas | ** separating ideas | ||
** parenthetical or brackets | ** parenthetical or brackets | ||
=== lists === | === for lists === | ||
=== | * = separates nouns, verbs and series of clauses | ||
=== separating ideas or gaps === | * the '''serial comma''' = comma following the 2nd to last item in a list before a conjunction: | ||
=== parenthetical or brackets === | ** ex.: "one, two, or three bananas" | ||
** vs.: "one, two or three bananas" | |||
*** both forms are correct | |||
*** generally, American usage is to use the "serial comma" that comes before the conjunction | |||
=== for conjunctions === | |||
=== for separating ideas or gaps === | |||
=== for parenthetical phrases or brackets === | |||
* functions as parentheses to set aside additional information without interrupting the basic sentence | * functions as parentheses to set aside additional information without interrupting the basic sentence | ||
* see | * see | ||
** [[http://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/comma (suxxex.ac.uk)]] | ** [[http://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/comma (suxxex.ac.uk)]] | ||