RonSonic
February 19th 04, 12:27 AM
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 16:46:20 GMT, "Brian Running" >
wrote:
>> >A series of adjectives must be separated by commas. Also, a compound
>> >adjective must be hyphenated. The sentence fragment should read, "Nice,
>> >educated, well-typed post."
>
>> You don't need the commas for hyphenated adjectives
>
>I've never heard of this rule. Cite, please?
>
>> or those that could or
>> should be hyphenated, or which may once have been hyphenated and are now
>> compound.
>
>There aren't any of those in that sentence.
>
>> "Nice; educated well-typed post." Makes for a better rhythm and now
>> it isn't such a fragment is it.
>
>Semi-colons are used to join two clauses that could each stand independently
>as a sentence. He was using the word "nice" as an adjective, modifying
>"post". Therefore, it wouldn't stand as an independent sentence, and the
>semi-colon is incorrect.
True enough. But...
>And, Ron, I still say that adjectives have to be
>separated with commas, until you show me a credible cite to the contrary.
>There has to be a comma after "educated".
I don't have a cite....
Actually, it's time again for some self-inflicted grammar re-education. (The
last word may not be technically correct, but it is so much easier to read I'm
sticking with it).
I do that every few years or so. Eventually I'll get this language figured out.
>Gramer ain't my long suit, but I ain't foldin', neither.
Cool.
Ron
wrote:
>> >A series of adjectives must be separated by commas. Also, a compound
>> >adjective must be hyphenated. The sentence fragment should read, "Nice,
>> >educated, well-typed post."
>
>> You don't need the commas for hyphenated adjectives
>
>I've never heard of this rule. Cite, please?
>
>> or those that could or
>> should be hyphenated, or which may once have been hyphenated and are now
>> compound.
>
>There aren't any of those in that sentence.
>
>> "Nice; educated well-typed post." Makes for a better rhythm and now
>> it isn't such a fragment is it.
>
>Semi-colons are used to join two clauses that could each stand independently
>as a sentence. He was using the word "nice" as an adjective, modifying
>"post". Therefore, it wouldn't stand as an independent sentence, and the
>semi-colon is incorrect.
True enough. But...
>And, Ron, I still say that adjectives have to be
>separated with commas, until you show me a credible cite to the contrary.
>There has to be a comma after "educated".
I don't have a cite....
Actually, it's time again for some self-inflicted grammar re-education. (The
last word may not be technically correct, but it is so much easier to read I'm
sticking with it).
I do that every few years or so. Eventually I'll get this language figured out.
>Gramer ain't my long suit, but I ain't foldin', neither.
Cool.
Ron