Usages of a vírgula
Não te esqueças da maiúscula no início da frase e da minúscula depois da vírgula.
Don’t forget the capital letter at the beginning of the sentence and the lowercase letter after the comma.
Depois de ter escrito o rascunho, pus uma vírgula e tirei um ponto final que estava a mais.
After writing the draft, I put in a comma and removed a full stop that was extra.
Sem ter feito um rascunho, é mais fácil esquecer uma vírgula ou um acento.
Without having made a draft, it is easier to forget a comma or an accent.
Às vezes, eu engano-me no acento dessa palavra e ponho um ponto final onde devia haver uma vírgula.
Sometimes, I get the accent of that word wrong and put a full stop where there should be a comma.
Sem ter feito um rascunho, é mais fácil esquecer uma vírgula ou um ponto final.
Without having made a draft, it is easier to forget a comma or a full stop.
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