Tiny, clean apartment
Hi
Could you please tell me if both versions are OK?
He lived alone in his tiny clean apartment.
He lived alone in his tiny, clean apartment.
Thanks,
Tom
Top answer
Neither version is what I call OK. This is a good illustration of the weakness of adjectives, and "clean" has been crowbarred in. But if you insist, without the comma, it reads like a clean apartment that is tiny, and that is not what you mean.
- Neither version is what I call OK.
- This is a good illustration of the weakness of adjectives, and "clean" has been crowbarred in.
- But if you insist, without the comma, it reads like a clean apartment that is tiny, and that is not what you mean.
- With the comma, his apartment is both tiny and clean.
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Neither version is what I call OK. This is a good illustration of the weakness of adjectives, and "clean" has been crowbarred in. But if you insist, without the comma, it reads like a clean apartment that is tiny, and that is not what you mean. With the comma, his apartment is both tiny and clean.
0Mr. TomCould you please tell me if both versions are OK?
They're both fine in informal writing, but many editors and style manuals insist on commas between multiple adjectives.
CJ
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