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    22 hours ago

    semi-comma

    Would a semi-comma be a space in the same sense that a semicolon is just before colon?

    In 1644, in Richard Hodges’ The English Primrose, it is written:

    At a comma, stop a little; […] At a semi-colon, somewhat more; […] At a colon, a little more than the former; […] At a period, make a full stop;

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