[Forum] RE: order of adjectives and commas

I have a question about 6.33 - coordinate vs non-coordinate adjectives. Should I delete all the commas when one of the adjectives is coordinate, no matter how many non-coordinate adjectives are also present? Here are some examples: the big bloated behemoth national banks the large powerful s

[Forum] RE: commas for coordinate adjectives

Yes, though, as you note, sometimes it's hard to tell which category an adjective falls into. Also, CMOS does not say to follow these rules, although I think the whole concept of "coordinate adjectives" sort of implies them. It might be worth writing to them and asking what they think about it.

[Forum] RE: May Q&A: Indefinite articles

Hmm. I read that too. Both of their examples were about two adjectives for the same noun. Yours are about two nouns, and I like the way you wrote them better than just using one article. Even if both nouns begin with a consonant, I think I would repeat the article. [i]He wanted a diamond or a

[Forum] RE: May Q&A: Indefinite articles

[quote='RGJaxon' pid='36528' dateline='1525285675'] The example in the Q&A supposedly about coordinate nouns, does not IMO contain coordinate nouns. Or can you explain it better to me?[/quote] No, you got it. That was my initial thought, too: "This isn't about what you said it was about."

[Forum] cumulative vs coordinate adjectives

I've reviewed CMS's sections on coordinate adjectives and am still a little confused.  The current MS I'm proofreading was copyedited by a very experienced copy editor. But I'm finding a ton of adjectives she considered to be cumulative that I feel are coordinate.  For example, she has no comm

[Forum] RE: Coordinate Adjectives & Commas

Hi, and welcome to the forum. Here's the answer you're seeking: [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch05/ch05_sec090.html]CMOS 5.90, Coordinate adjectives[/url]. Just as with "red brick house" and "wrinkled canvas jacket," no commas should be used in the examples you provided.

[Forum] RE: Comma placement and adjectives

"Long" and "black" are not coordinate adjectives, so no comma should be used. See [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch06/ch06_sec033.html]CMOS 6.33 Commas with Coordinate Adjectives[/url].

[Forum] RE: order of adjectives and commas

So, for a simple rule to govern this situation: Put all the coordinate adjectives first (of course) then commas between them, but not between the last of them and the first of the non-coordinate adjectives. Are you thinking that "shiny blue" is a unit too? Why no hyphen between them?

[Forum] RE: Adverbs, adjectives, and the Oxford comma

Try [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/book/ed17/part2/ch06/psec036.html]CMOS 6.36, Commas with coordinate adjectives[/url]. Note that there is no corresponding section for commas with coordinate [i]adverbs[/i].

[Forum] RE: commas with 'great'

An easy way to determine whether a comma is needed is to replace the comma with the word "and." If "and" works, that will tell you that these are coordinate adjectives (if they are, add a comma; they aren't, don't add a comma). See [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/book/ed17/part2/ch05/psec09