As we have spoken about using adjectives in our writing let’s
also discuss about the punctuation that needs to go along with them. When you
use two adjectives in a sentence consecutively should you use a comma? Depends.
IF the two adjectives
are of different types. Say qualitative and classifying.
Qualitative describes the quality of the noun. Example: Long,
Strong
Classifying helps divide nouns into groups. Example: French,
annual.
No need of a comma if the two are of two different category.
“It’s a short annual meet. “
Short is qualitative. Annual is
Classifying. So we don’t need a comma.
What if both are of same type? Simple, use a comma.
“It was a short, boring meet.”
Both short and boring are qualitative adjective and hence the
comma.
If all of them are classifying adjective use comma only if
they are all of same class of information.
Example: “Mistakes were found in first, second, and the third editions”
If they are of different class of information do not use
comma.
Example: “Mistakes
were found in the first English edition.”
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