what about that comma...!

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As i read in a book about air around us i noticed a thing .could any one help me in ?
" As you walk home from school ,the air is warm and still. The sky is full of thick , dark clouds.in distance "
Why! That comma is between ( thick and dark)
That is my question and thanks for your jobs guys.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

Xnon123Why! That comma is between ( thick and dark)

Because 'thick' and 'dark' both refer to 'clouds'.

Compare: 'The sky is full of dark red clouds.' — here, 'dark' refers to 'red'.

Xnon123 · Answer

So in my Ex: that mean dark refers to thick not to the cloud
Ok, Thanks very much ... . You helped me

Xnon123 · Answer

And if it does not mean what i said exactly why ! why do not write " Red big book with out comma "

AlpheccaStars · Answer

Xnon123And if it does not mean what I said exactly, why do I not write " Red big book" without a comma?

"big red book"

See rule #5:
5. Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives. You could think of this as "That tall, distinguished, good-looking fellow" rule (as opposed to "the little old lady"). If you can put an and or a but between the adjectives, a comma will probably belong there. For instance, you could say, "He is a tall and distinguished fellow" or "I live in a very old and run-down house." So you would write, "He is a tall, distinguished man" and "I live in a very old, run-down house." But you would probably not say, "She is a little and old lady," or "I live in a little and purple house," so commas would not appear between little and old or between little and purple.

We would not say "a big and red book, " so it is "a big red book". Coordinate adjectives generally are in the same category from the "sequence of adjectives." There are exceptions, of course.

The sequence of adjectives is precise in English. Put them in the order of these categories:
1) Number, quantity, determiner (the, those, few, many, six...), 2) Observation or Opinion (good, bad), 3) size (big, small, tall ...) 4) shape (round, square...), 5) age (old, young, 12-year-old ...), 6) color (pink, blue, green...) 7) origin (English, Indian, Irish...), 8) material (wooden, stone, cotton...) 9) qualifier (sometimes another noun)

So in "the big red book," the is from category #1, big is from category #3 , and "red" is from category #6. No comma.

the thick red Russian Physics book (no commas)

Xnon123 · Answer

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