Comma the purpose of the comma. There are also a number of comma-like diacritics with "COMMA" in their Unicode names. These do not serve a punctuation function. A comma-like low quotation mark is also available (shown below; raised single quotation marks are not shown). Various other Unicode characters combine commas or comma-like figures with other characters, and are not shown here. In the 3rd century BC, Aristophanes of Byzantium invented a system of single dots ("distinctiones") that separated verses (colometry) and indicated the amount of breath needed to complete each fragment of the text when reading aloud. The different lengths were
Slovene punctuation punctuation is not changed when using dashes, so an inserted sentence before a comma is usually followed by a comma nonetheless, even though some might see this usage as rather pedantic. A dash at the end of a sentence marks an abrupt end, a breaking of thought or unwillingness to continue: In sentences without a predicate, a dash can represent the connexion between the subject and the object. A dash can introduce direct speech if there is no accompanying sentence before direct speech itself. Dash sometimes separates multiple surnames, though it is more usual to merely use a space. A