andrzejewskil
Member
Polish
Hello,
I have started researching the rules of applying commas and came up to an unclear (to me) point of it. Here it is:
The comma is used to separate co-ordinate adjectives; that is, adjectives that directly and equally modify the following noun. Two questions can be asked to identify adjectives as coordinate adjectives:
Thank you
I have started researching the rules of applying commas and came up to an unclear (to me) point of it. Here it is:
The comma is used to separate co-ordinate adjectives; that is, adjectives that directly and equally modify the following noun. Two questions can be asked to identify adjectives as coordinate adjectives:
- Would the meaning be the same if their order were reversed?
- Would the meaning be the same if and were placed between them?
- A positive answer to either of these questions is evidence that a comma should be placed between the adjectives:
- In the dull, incessant droning but not the cute little cottage.
- The devious lazy red frog suggests there are lazy red frogs (one of which is devious), while the devious, lazy red frog does not carry this connotation. ( wikipedia)
Thank you