Even the somewhat irritating absence of a comma in the title may have been meant to convey his constant rush from first light to dusk.

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In other words, you actually have to say the word "comma" in order for it to insert one.

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The absence of a comma before "who doesn't" implies that there are other brothers.

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"If you look at our ads you can almost put a comma at the end and say 'or else you're a fool if you don't choose this, ' " Verdi says.

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' But without a comma after 'apartment, ' the sentence signifies that the suspect has at least two apartments.

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At controversial meetings, such as the Nice summit last December, the text becomes a serious bone of contention, with every comma argued over.

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The same is true of the pose in which Freddie initially sees him: pooled in light, brow clutched, pencil in hand, one careful comma of blond hair dangling down, as if posing for the portrait of a thinker.

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At a time when the markets are asking searching questions about the ability of the Greek and Italian governments to do the right thing, Danny Alexander and his Conservative boss, George Osborne, want the boys in the City to be in no doubt that the British government will hold its nerve and, therefore, not alter a dot or comma of their plans.

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Coyle, his co-author, said that when he first began talking to Hamilton for "The Secret Race, " Hamilton's answers came so slowly he could transcribe every word and comma easily, by hand, with no abbreviations.

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She went from a freelance writer without a comma in her checking account to a millionaire entrepreneur with a staff of ten on both sides of the Atlantic.

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