They say that the emergence of text messaging is killing off commas, colons and apostrophes.

他们说短信的出现扼杀了逗号、冒号和省略号。

If we were writing, we'd use commas, parentheses, or even dashes to separate this additional information and mark it off as an independent thought group.

如果我们在写作，我们可以加逗号，括号或者是破折号来分离出这附加的信息，将它划分成一独立的意群。

Don't forget to write each word of your sign-off with a capital letter, and put a comma at the end.

不要忘记结束语词首字母都要大写，最后还要加上逗号。

It looks like a comma crossed with a period.

它的样结合逗号与句号。

They don't walk like ordinary dogs, but leap and somersault like an apostrophe and comma.

它们不是像平常的狗那么路，是一蹦一跳，翻着筋斗前进，像一撇号和一逗号。

If you miss a comma you can actually look for that comma for two weeks.

如果你漏掉了一逗号，你可能会用两周的时间来寻找这逗号。

Be sure to put a comma after your closing.

务必在你的结束语后面加上一逗号。

I already know what I'm going to use for the greeting, but I'll just write dear with a comma, so that I know that I could even start thinking of a fictional name to use.

我已经知道我要怎么问候了，但是我还是写了亲爱的加一逗号，这样我就知道我可以开始想一虚构的名字了。

So, a comma wasn't just a dot that meant, pause for this length of time.

所以一逗号不仅仅是用来表示停顿时间长短的圆点。

Some of the most popular questions, Jovin says, are about commas.

乔文指出，其中最受欢迎的问题是关于逗号的。

And again here, you don't have necessarily write the comma for 45000 or 1200.

这里你不用给45000或1200加逗号。

These were eventually called the comma, colon, and periodos.

这些最终被称为逗号、冒号和句号。

If your sentence has too many commas, it might confuse the reader.

如果你的句子逗号太多，可能会使读者感到困惑。

If it's at the end of a sentence, it is not preceded by a comma.

如果它在句尾，那么它的前面不能是逗号。

Everything within the sentence until there is a comma or phrase or a clause.

句子中的所有内容都挤在了一起，直到有逗号，短语或从句。

The whole comma situation is very similar.

逗号的使用情况非常相似。

(Laughter) And it's true -- we get a lot of complaints about commas.

（笑）这是事实，我们收到了好多关于逗号的投诉。

Let's stop before we go past this comma.

我们在这逗号之前停下来。

The dependent clause, " Every Thursday, " is separated by a comma.

从属子句“周四，”用逗号隔开。

" I never know where to put the commas and other punctuation, " he said.

“我从来不知道把逗号和其他标点符号放在哪里”。