Rule: Separate 2 adjectives before a noun.

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Rule Separate 2 adjectives before a noun.

• By Courtney Smith
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What are Nouns?

• A noun is a person, place, or thing. A few
  examples of nouns are the words- boy, fish,
  paper, and car.
• Proper nouns are special nouns that are
  capitalized. For instance, all names and
  important places or buildings are capitalized.
  Examples Publix, Coral Shores, Courtney
• Common nouns are just regular nouns that dont
  get capitalized.

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What are Adjectives?

• An adjective is a word that describes a noun.
  Usually an adjective is a color, condition or a
  characteristic of the noun it describes. The
  adjective usually comes before the noun. Some
  examples of adjectives are the words- yellow,
  old, new, ugly, short.

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Tips

• Usually when you have two adjectives together
  that are age or color you dont put a comma,
  because you dont need it.
• I have a old green backpack.
• (no comma needed)

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The And Test

• If you can put a and between the two adjectives
  then you need a comma.
• Example- The small, translucent purse went
  through the wash by accident.

and
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The Reverse Adjective Test
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• If you can reverse the two adjectives before the
  noun, then you need to put a comma.
• Before the reverse test I'll drink cool
  refreshing orange juice.
• After I'll drink refreshing cool orange juice.
• You need a comma for this sentence because you
  can reverse and it still makes sense.
• Fixed Ill drink cool, refreshing orange juice.

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Test (cont.)
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• Before the reverse test The new light bulb shone
  brightly.
• After The light new bulb shone brightly.
• You dont need a comma for this sentence because
  when you reverse it the sentence doesn't make
  sense.

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Practice Write the word that needs the comma
after it and insert the comma.

• The shiny new wakeboard fell off the boat on a
  sharp turn.
• The small fast boat went back to get the
  wakeboard.
• The blonde skinny boy jumped off the boat and
  swam for the wakeboard.
• While the boy was swimming, he saw a huge Nurse
  Shark.
• The wakeboard finally found its way back to the
  dry safe bottom of the storage bin on the boat.

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More Practice

• 6.Suddenly, a huge lightning storm came about and
  shocked everyone on the boat.
• 7. Nobody died, but they were thrown from the
  boat into the rough murky water.
• 8.The scared small children cried for help to a
  passing boat.
• 9.The nice passing boat stopped and saved them.
• 10. The warm safe passengers smiled and thanked
  the driver.

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Answers

• shiny,
• small,
• blonde,
• No comma. Did you try the reverse or and test?
• dry,
• No comma. Did you try the reverse or and test?
• rough,
• scared,
• nice,
• warm,

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HELPFUL LINKS

• This website has tips and examples for all the
  comma rules.
• http//www.montanalife.com/writing/Comma_Rules.htm
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• This site identifies the right way the commas.
• http//www.ccsn.nevada.edu/english/lab/COMMAS.htm
• This site has examples for all the commas.
• http//hs.houstonisd.org/ReaganHS/Academies/Resour
  ces/Comma20Rules.htm
• I also used www.webshots.com for my backgrounds.