Guest guest Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 Hi, Can someone tell me where commas should go in this sentence, if any are even needed? It seems to go on and on, but I can't see where any comma could be placed. Thanks so much. Just want to make sure I'm not missing it! Approximately 30 cm beneath the apex of the left femoral head is a posterior distal femoral diaphyseal intracortical lucent bone lesion with surrounding endosteal and periosteal benign-appearing reaction. S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 Here's what I'd do: Approximately 30 cm beneath the apex of the left femoral head is a posterior, distal, femoral, diaphyseal, intracortical, lucent bone lesion with surrounding endosteal and periosteal benign-appearing reaction. I believe the " rule " is that if there are more than 3 adjectives, there should be commas. My nickel's worth. Jayni comma help Hi, Can someone tell me where commas should go in this sentence, if any are even needed? It seems to go on and on, but I can't see where any comma could be placed. Thanks so much. Just want to make sure I'm not missing it! Approximately 30 cm beneath the apex of the left femoral head is a posterior distal femoral diaphyseal intracortical lucent bone lesion with surrounding endosteal and periosteal benign-appearing reaction. S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 That rule comes from my schooling back in the dark ages, and not from the BOS (which I haven't checked on the subject), so let's hope it hasn't changed. I do think it makes things much clearer. RE: comma help Jayni, I did not know that rule about more than 3 adjectives!! AH-HA! Excellent--thanks so much! >Here's what I'd do: > >Approximately 30 cm beneath the apex of the left femoral head is a >posterior, distal, femoral, diaphyseal, intracortical, lucent bone >lesion >with surrounding endosteal and periosteal benign-appearing reaction. > >I believe the " rule " is that if there are more than 3 adjectives, >there >should be commas. > >My nickel's worth. > >Jayni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 Jayni, I did not know that rule about more than 3 adjectives!! AH-HA! Excellent--thanks so much! >Here's what I'd do: > >Approximately 30 cm beneath the apex of the left femoral head is a >posterior, distal, femoral, diaphyseal, intracortical, lucent bone >lesion >with surrounding endosteal and periosteal benign-appearing reaction. > >I believe the " rule " is that if there are more than 3 adjectives, >there >should be commas. > >My nickel's worth. > >Jayni > comma help > > >Hi, > >Can someone tell me where commas should go in this sentence, if any >are even needed? It seems to go on and on, but I can't see where >any >comma could be placed. Thanks so much. Just want to make sure I'm >not missing it! > >Approximately 30 cm beneath the apex of the left femoral head is a >posterior distal femoral diaphyseal intracortical lucent bone >lesion >with surrounding endosteal and periosteal benign-appearing >reaction. > > S. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 does it really need a comma. It reads well karl > >Reply-To: NMTC >To: <nmtc > >Subject: comma help >Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 10:20:11 -0400 > >Hi, > >Can someone tell me where commas should go in this sentence, if any >are even needed? It seems to go on and on, but I can't see where any >comma could be placed. Thanks so much. Just want to make sure I'm >not missing it! > >Approximately 30 cm beneath the apex of the left femoral head is a >posterior distal femoral diaphyseal intracortical lucent bone lesion >with surrounding endosteal and periosteal benign-appearing reaction. > > S. > > > _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 The rule on using commas with a series of adjectives is, if there are two or more EQUAL adjectives that modify the same noun, they should be separated with commas. The usual method of determining if they are equal adjectives is to mix up the order to see if the sentence still makes sense. Check whether this convolution of the sentence makes sense: Approximately 30 cm beneath the apex of the left femoral head is a diaphyseal femoral posterior lucent intracortical distal bone lesion with surrounding endosteal and periosteal benign-appearing reaction. If so, they are equal adjectives and should be separated with commmas. If some of them are equal and others are not, distribute the commas accordingly. > Hi, > > Can someone tell me where commas should go in this sentence, if any > are even needed? It seems to go on and on, but I can't see where any > comma could be placed. Thanks so much. Just want to make sure I'm > not missing it! > > Approximately 30 cm beneath the apex of the left femoral head is a > posterior distal femoral diaphyseal intracortical lucent bone lesion > with surrounding endosteal and periosteal benign-appearing reaction. > > S. Valeria D. Truitt Curriculum Coordinator and Lead Instructor Medical Office Administration Craven Community College 800 College Court New Bern, NC 28562 Phone: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 Thanks for the clarification, Valeria, but that determination of equality could get a little time consuming and tricky. Re: comma help The rule on using commas with a series of adjectives is, if there are two or more EQUAL adjectives that modify the same noun, they should be separated with commas. The usual method of determining if they are equal adjectives is to mix up the order to see if the sentence still makes sense. Check whether this convolution of the sentence makes sense: Approximately 30 cm beneath the apex of the left femoral head is a diaphyseal femoral posterior lucent intracortical distal bone lesion with surrounding endosteal and periosteal benign-appearing reaction. If so, they are equal adjectives and should be separated with commmas. If some of them are equal and others are not, distribute the commas accordingly. > Hi, > > Can someone tell me where commas should go in this sentence, if any > are even needed? It seems to go on and on, but I can't see where any > comma could be placed. Thanks so much. Just want to make sure I'm > not missing it! > > Approximately 30 cm beneath the apex of the left femoral head is a > posterior distal femoral diaphyseal intracortical lucent bone lesion > with surrounding endosteal and periosteal benign-appearing reaction. > > S. Valeria D. Truitt Curriculum Coordinator and Lead Instructor Medical Office Administration Craven Community College 800 College Court New Bern, NC 28562 Phone: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 Ahhh, the plot thickens! LOL! Thanks! Out go the commas I just put in! We're all learning here! >The rule on using commas with a series of adjectives is, if there >are two or more EQUAL adjectives that modify the same noun, they >should be separated with commas. The usual method of determining if >they are equal adjectives is to mix up the order to see if the >sentence still makes sense. > >Check whether this convolution of the sentence makes sense: >Approximately 30 cm beneath the apex of the left femoral head is a >diaphyseal femoral posterior lucent intracortical distal bone lesion >with surrounding endosteal and periosteal benign-appearing reaction. > >If so, they are equal adjectives and should be separated with >commmas. If some of them are equal and others are not, distribute >the commas accordingly. > > >>Hi, >> >>Can someone tell me where commas should go in this sentence, if >any >>are even needed? It seems to go on and on, but I can't see where >any >>comma could be placed. Thanks so much. Just want to make sure I'm >>not missing it! >> >>Approximately 30 cm beneath the apex of the left femoral head is a >>posterior distal femoral diaphyseal intracortical lucent bone >lesion >>with surrounding endosteal and periosteal benign-appearing >reaction. >> >> S. > > >Valeria D. Truitt >Curriculum Coordinator and Lead Instructor >Medical Office Administration >Craven Community College >800 College Court >New Bern, NC 28562 >Phone: > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 You're right--it can be time consuming and tricky. The AND method might be quicker and easier. The two rules in force are: " Use commas to separate two or more adjectives if each modifies the noun alone. " BOS p. 87 " However, do not place a comma after an adjective that modifies a combination of the adjective(s) and noun that follow it. HINT: If you can replace the comma between adjecives with AND, the comma is unnecessary. " BOS p. 12 Using the AND method, the sentence reads: Approximately 30 cm beneath the apex of the left femoral head is a posterior and distal and femoral and diaphyseal and intracortical and lucent bone lesion with surrounding endosteal and periosteal benign-appearing reaction. Anywhere the AND makes no sense, leave out the comma. Anywhere the AND makes sense, put a comma. > > Hi, > > > > Can someone tell me where commas should go in this sentence, if > any > > are even needed? It seems to go on and on, but I can't see where > any > > comma could be placed. Thanks so much. Just want to make sure I'm > > not missing it! > > > > Approximately 30 cm beneath the apex of the left femoral head is a > > posterior distal femoral diaphyseal intracortical lucent bone > lesion > > with surrounding endosteal and periosteal benign-appearing > reaction. > > > > S. > > > Valeria D. Truitt > Curriculum Coordinator and Lead Instructor > Medical Office Administration > Craven Community College > 800 College Court > New Bern, NC 28562 > Phone: Valeria D. Truitt Curriculum Coordinator and Lead Instructor Medical Office Administration Craven Community College 800 College Court New Bern, NC 28562 Phone: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 To confuse you -- I mean to help CLARIFY things <grin>, check out this file I uploaded to our NMTC site a while back: http://tinyurl.com/fzax Rennie www.renesue.com Re: comma help The rule on using commas with a series of adjectives is, if there are two or more EQUAL adjectives that modify the same noun, they should be separated with commas. The usual method of determining if they are equal adjectives is to mix up the order to see if the sentence still makes sense. Check whether this convolution of the sentence makes sense: Approximately 30 cm beneath the apex of the left femoral head is a diaphyseal femoral posterior lucent intracortical distal bone lesion with surrounding endosteal and periosteal benign-appearing reaction. If so, they are equal adjectives and should be separated with commmas. If some of them are equal and others are not, distribute the commas accordingly. > Hi, > > Can someone tell me where commas should go in this sentence, if any > are even needed? It seems to go on and on, but I can't see where any > comma could be placed. Thanks so much. Just want to make sure I'm > not missing it! > > Approximately 30 cm beneath the apex of the left femoral head is a > posterior distal femoral diaphyseal intracortical lucent bone lesion > with surrounding endosteal and periosteal benign-appearing reaction. > > S. Valeria D. Truitt Curriculum Coordinator and Lead Instructor Medical Office Administration Craven Community College 800 College Court New Bern, NC 28562 Phone: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2003 Report Share Posted July 7, 2003 slightly elevated, as were her Have fun Karl >From: jlbramucci@... >Reply-To: NMTC >To: NMTC >Subject: Comma help >Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 07:46:26 EDT > >Comma help please. > >On review, Mrs. * was seen in followup with Dr. *, and reportedly her serum >tumor markers were slightly elevated as were her liver function tests. >Thanks, >Ann > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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