close punctuation

/ kləʊs /

noun

1. punctuation in which many commas, full stops, etc, are used Compare open punctuation

Example Sentences

The close punctuation would lend grace and dignity to every element of the sentence and the sculpture: “The Parthenon Marbles include an 80-meter frieze depicting the Great Panathenaia, the ancient Greek feast in honor of the goddess Athena; the muscled body of an ancient Greek river god lounging in midair; and voluptuous female figures.”

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Close punctuation is not meant as a guide to stops and starts, like Dickens’s and Melville’s commas.

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That’s not what close punctuation is about.

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