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Latest post Fri, Aug 22 2008 8:12 AM by Mister Micawber. 1 replies.
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Believer  +  557472 Fri, 22 Aug 08 07:57 AM
Hi,

1.Would you tell me if the steps I applied in writing out adjectives are correct or not?

 a stone-accented conversation piece -- I don't know what a "conversation piece" is but I think it is something you sit on or use when having conversation with others.
First, I think 'conversation piece' goes together.
The "stone-accented' needed to be hyphenated since it goes together - meant to be one compound adjective (if that is the right term).
So, overall, the phrase looks to be correct.

I think you can add something like 'thoroughly stained' if you need to, making it:

a thoroughly-stained, stone-accented conversation piece

Normally, I think you wouldn't hyphenate 'thorougly stained' if used in front of a noun but this is a different case:
eg,
a thoroughly stained (conversation) piece 

2. Would you use two (or possibly more?? - highly  doubtful in its possibility though) adjectives that end in "-al"? How would you rewrite it?

a organizational procedural document

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Mister Micawber  +  557476 Fri, 22 Aug 08 08:12 AM
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1-- It seems reasonable.
2-- It seems awkward.  A procedural document for an organization.
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