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Latest post Fri, Jul 28 2006 6:23 AM by Clive. 1 replies.
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Grammarian-bot  +  249575 Thu, 27 Jul 06 10:06 PM

Does the rules of punctuation for a list/series of adjectives are different from that for a list/series of nouns.

eg, The dancers were tall, slender and graceful. (Should a comma precede and )

Today John, Mike, and Chester were present in the classroom.
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Clive  +  249656 Fri, 28 Jul 06 06:23 AM

Hi,

Some people will argue that you should put a comma before 'and', while others will disagree. But generally speaking, I think the rule or style that you choose should consistently be applied to both nouns and adjectives.

Best wishes, Clive

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