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D Ogada Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Run-on adjectives
does this sentence need a comma or more?
They are overall mottled light grey with a pink bill.
thanks, Darcy
They are overall mottled light grey with a pink bill.
thanks, Darcy
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Hello, Darcy- and welcome to English Forums. Your sentence needs a bit of rearrangement: They are light, mottled grey overall, and they have a pink bill. )
- Hello, Darcy- and welcome to English Forums.
- Your sentence needs a bit of rearrangement: They are light, mottled grey overall, and they have a pink bill.
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Hello, Darcy- and welcome to English Forums. Your sentence needs a bit of rearrangement:
They are light, mottled grey overall, and they have a pink bill.
(By the way, what are we speaking of here, immature albatrosses?)
They are light, mottled grey overall, and they have a pink bill.
(By the way, what are we speaking of here, immature albatrosses?)
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I would say, "Overall, they are mottled grey and have a pick bill.
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