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Garnett Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Separating adjectives with a comma

0 In the sentence "I approached the large, dark, stage door" I have put commas where I think they should go.02br
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0 It seems me correct but let's wait for the other answers. 0-
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0 Yes, me too.02br
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00The original sentence I have problems with was:02br
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00The skin hid a cold, robot interior.02br
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00I think this is correct but I can see the argument that the comma is redundant, and actually incorrect. I was just wondering what others thought.02br
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00Thanks for any further advic
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0'stage door' is more problematic than 'robot interior'. To me, robot is clearly an adjective to describe the interior. So you have two adjectives preceding the noun (cold and robot), which need to be separated by a comma.02br
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00A stage door on the other hand, is a thing in itself, not an adjective describing a door. So to me, you wouldn't need a comma between dark an
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0 I was hoping you'd say that. My argument was that robot was a separate and equal adjective, but I wanted to use something a bit more uneven to see whether anyone else would make the distinction too.02br
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00The only problem I had was that "robot, cold interior" doesn't quite sound right, but I still think they are equal adjectives, and agree with your view...02br
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