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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Correct the sentence

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01i00The painter had long red beard with short trimmed mustache02i00.02br
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00And I came across the following phrase and wondering why a comma to separate the two adjectives.02br
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01i00a long, blue dress 02i0-
  

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0 The painterhad long, red beard with short timmed mustache 0-

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0You forget about indefinite articles. Below is right:02br
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00The painter had a long red beard with a short trimmed mustache.0-
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0 Thank you.02br
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00But I want to indicate the main structure of the sentence in question is from a textbook and it is pretty doubtful that they would make such haphazard mistake as overlooking to put determiners in front of the words "beard" and "hair"; maybe it is that the indefinite articles don't belong there like the case of "01font00I
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0Sorry, I cann't advise you about this article.0-
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0Hi,02br
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00You need to say 01font00The painter had a long red beard with a short trimmed mustache00 because 'beard' and 'mustache' are countable nouns.02font02br
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00When you say01font00 I have long hair,02font00 'hair' is not a countable noun.02br
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