Guest guest Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 Yes, where is Mrs. Truitt when you need her? We just went over this in class today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 Yes, where is Mrs. Truitt when you need her? We just went over this in class today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 Yes, where is Mrs. Truitt when you need her? We just went over this in class today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 Comma rules have changed so much that sometimes there isn't a hard and fast answer. The traditional rules for commas in this case would be that if you can say an " and " between the adjectives (and it would make sense), then place a comma. ....and then, even traditionally, sometimes there are rules and sometimes there are the " it depends " or the fact that even professional English grammarians disagree over " rules. " TEST --> multiple and scattered and healed and rounded lesions I think commas would be appropriate: multiple, scattered, healed, rounded lesions. Of course commas are becoming more scarce today, and the word on the street is " when in doubt leave it out. " I think in this case either method would work, but I would go with the traditional rule and use commas. Valeria, you out there? *G* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rennie My Home Page: http://www.renesue.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ commas > Has multiple scattered healed rounded lesions. Do I need commas in > any of this? Any helps as to determine when commas needed with > adjectives? It seems like sometimes they're used and sometimes not. > Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 Comma rules have changed so much that sometimes there isn't a hard and fast answer. The traditional rules for commas in this case would be that if you can say an " and " between the adjectives (and it would make sense), then place a comma. ....and then, even traditionally, sometimes there are rules and sometimes there are the " it depends " or the fact that even professional English grammarians disagree over " rules. " TEST --> multiple and scattered and healed and rounded lesions I think commas would be appropriate: multiple, scattered, healed, rounded lesions. Of course commas are becoming more scarce today, and the word on the street is " when in doubt leave it out. " I think in this case either method would work, but I would go with the traditional rule and use commas. Valeria, you out there? *G* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rennie My Home Page: http://www.renesue.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ commas > Has multiple scattered healed rounded lesions. Do I need commas in > any of this? Any helps as to determine when commas needed with > adjectives? It seems like sometimes they're used and sometimes not. > Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 Comma rules have changed so much that sometimes there isn't a hard and fast answer. The traditional rules for commas in this case would be that if you can say an " and " between the adjectives (and it would make sense), then place a comma. ....and then, even traditionally, sometimes there are rules and sometimes there are the " it depends " or the fact that even professional English grammarians disagree over " rules. " TEST --> multiple and scattered and healed and rounded lesions I think commas would be appropriate: multiple, scattered, healed, rounded lesions. Of course commas are becoming more scarce today, and the word on the street is " when in doubt leave it out. " I think in this case either method would work, but I would go with the traditional rule and use commas. Valeria, you out there? *G* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rennie My Home Page: http://www.renesue.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ commas > Has multiple scattered healed rounded lesions. Do I need commas in > any of this? Any helps as to determine when commas needed with > adjectives? It seems like sometimes they're used and sometimes not. > Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 Excellent explanation! You're absolutely correct. The corollary to that rule is: if using the commas clarifies the meaning, and omitting the commas would cause most readers to say " Huh? " and re-read the sentence, then use the commas. This one needs the commas! At 10:24 AM 1/17/2003, §Rennie§ wrote: >Comma rules have changed so much that sometimes there isn't a hard and >fast answer. The traditional rules for commas in this case would be that >if you can say an " and " between the adjectives (and it would make sense), >then place a comma. > >...and then, even traditionally, sometimes there are rules and sometimes >there are the " it depends " or the fact that even professional English >grammarians disagree over " rules. " > >TEST --> multiple and scattered and healed and rounded lesions > >I think commas would be appropriate: multiple, scattered, healed, rounded >lesions. > >Of course commas are becoming more scarce today, and the word on the >street is " when in doubt leave it out. " I think in this case either >method would work, but I would go with the traditional rule and use commas. > >Valeria, you out there? *G* > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Rennie >My Home Page: <http://www.renesue.com>http://www.renesue.com >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > commas > > > > Has multiple scattered healed rounded lesions. Do I need commas in > > any of this? Any helps as to determine when commas needed with > > adjectives? It seems like sometimes they're used and sometimes not. > > Thanks. Valeria Truitt Coordinator and Lead Instructor Medical Office Administration Craven Community College New Bern, North Carolina 28562 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 If my opinion means anything, ) I think that at least there needs to be a comma between healed and rounded. There can be multiple scattered lesions of all types, but the healed and rounded are definitely two different adjectives that describe specifically what type of lesions. There were multiple scattered healed AND rounded lesions. ) Joy ----Original Message Follows---- " To: NMTC Subject: commas Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 15:00:49 -0000 Has multiple scattered healed rounded lesions. Do I need commas in any of this? Any helps as to determine when commas needed with adjectives? It seems like sometimes they're used and sometimes not. Thanks. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 If my opinion means anything, ) I think that at least there needs to be a comma between healed and rounded. There can be multiple scattered lesions of all types, but the healed and rounded are definitely two different adjectives that describe specifically what type of lesions. There were multiple scattered healed AND rounded lesions. ) Joy ----Original Message Follows---- " To: NMTC Subject: commas Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 15:00:49 -0000 Has multiple scattered healed rounded lesions. Do I need commas in any of this? Any helps as to determine when commas needed with adjectives? It seems like sometimes they're used and sometimes not. Thanks. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 If my opinion means anything, ) I think that at least there needs to be a comma between healed and rounded. There can be multiple scattered lesions of all types, but the healed and rounded are definitely two different adjectives that describe specifically what type of lesions. There were multiple scattered healed AND rounded lesions. ) Joy ----Original Message Follows---- " To: NMTC Subject: commas Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 15:00:49 -0000 Has multiple scattered healed rounded lesions. Do I need commas in any of this? Any helps as to determine when commas needed with adjectives? It seems like sometimes they're used and sometimes not. Thanks. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 Joy, That's exactly what I was thinking also, just the one comma between healed and rounded. Just my 2 cents. Margaret >>> " J. L. " 01/17/03 08:02PM >>> If my opinion means anything, ) I think that at least there needs to be a comma between healed and rounded. There can be multiple scattered lesions of all types, but the healed and rounded are definitely two different adjectives that describe specifically what type of lesions. There were multiple scattered healed AND rounded lesions. ) Joy ----Original Message Follows---- " To: NMTC Subject: commas Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 15:00:49 -0000 Has multiple scattered healed rounded lesions. Do I need commas in any of this? Any helps as to determine when commas needed with adjectives? It seems like sometimes they're used and sometimes not. Thanks. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail TO UNSUBSCRIBE send a blank email to NMTC-unsubscribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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