A punctuation mark indicating a pause in a sentence or phrase; a comma; a semicolon. Cf. distinction, n. 1b Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > comma, colon, or semicolon (4) subdistinction1585 A punctuation mark indicating a pause in a sentence or phrase; a comma; a semicolon. Cf. distinction, n. 1b Obsolete. colon1589 A punctuation-mark consisting of two dots placed one above the other [:] usually indicating a discontinuity of grammatical construction greater than… comma1599 A punctuation-mark [now,] used to separate the smallest members of a sentence. Also used to separate figures and symbols in arithmetic, chemical… semicolona1637 A punctuation-mark consisting of a dot placed above a comma (;): see quots. |
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