a punctuation mark used to indicate a pause, often necessary to clarify meaning, e.g. The...
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when a pair of commas acts in the same way as brackets or a dash and extra information is placed...
a sentence that uses the imperative form of the verb and often ends in an exclamation mark or a...
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(also called a centrally planned economy, socialism or communism) an economic system that is...