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