In this lesson, we’ll examine a more advanced concept for using the comma.<\/p>\n
Rule:<\/strong> Use a comma to separate two adjectives when the adjectives are interchangeable.<\/p>\n Examples:<\/strong> We stayed at an expensive summer resort.<\/em> NOTE:<\/strong> Words ending in -ly<\/em> are not always adverbs. Many adjectives also end in -ly<\/em> (e.g., lonely, friendly, kindly<\/em> (may be an adverb or an adjective), family<\/em> (may be a noun or an adjective). To test whether an -ly<\/em> word is an adjective, see if it can be used alone with the noun.<\/p>\n Examples:<\/strong> Pop Quiz<\/strong> 1A. Juanita has grown up to be a lovely, intelligent woman. 2A. Be careful before walking on the hot, sharp lava. 3A. That was a wonderfully, delicious dinner we had last night. 4A. Edward seems very proud of his bright, red car. <\/p>\n Pop Quiz Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n 1A. Juanita has grown up to be a lovely, intelligent woman. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this lesson, we’ll examine a more advanced concept for using the comma. Rule: Use a comma to separate two adjectives when the adjectives are interchangeable. Examples: He is a strong, healthy man. We could also say a healthy, strong man. We stayed at an expensive summer resort. We would not say summer expensive resort, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commas"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=847"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5657,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847\/revisions\/5657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nHe is a strong, healthy man.<\/em>
\nWe could also say a healthy, strong man<\/em>.<\/p>\n
\nWe would not say summer expensive resort<\/em>, so no comma.<\/p>\n
\nFelix was a lonely, confused boy.<\/em> (Lonely is an adjective because it can be used alone with<\/em> boy.)
\nI get headaches in brightly lit rooms.<\/em> (Brightly is not an adjective because it cannot be used alone with<\/em> rooms; therefore, no comma is used between<\/em> brightly and<\/em> lit.)<\/p>\n
\nChoose the sentence with the correct punctuation. Answers are at the bottom.<\/p>\n
\n1B. Juanita has grown up to be a lovely intelligent woman.<\/p>\n
\n2B. Be careful before walking on the hot sharp lava.<\/p>\n
\n3B. That was a wonderfully delicious dinner we had last night.<\/p>\n
\n4B. Edward seems very proud of his bright red car.<\/p>\n
\n2A. Be careful before walking on the hot, sharp lava.
\n3B. That was a wonderfully delicious dinner we had last night.
\n4B. Edward seems very proud of his bright red car.<\/p>\n