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dull aching pain....sm - vnolan
Posted: Jan 11, 2010
This has been driving me crazy and comes up often - is it dull, aching pain or dull aching pain. I've been thinking it's dull AND aching (two different descriptions of the pain), but now I'm questioning it. This comes up a lot in the work I'm doing right now and I really need to get it figured out - help!
Come on, Txczech, I know you can help me with this...sm - vnolan
[ In Reply To ..]I've been watching you on this board for a long time and I trust your opinion. I need to send multiple reports in the next hour and they ALL have the "dull, aching pain" phrase in them! Help!
I would put a comma, because, yes, it is dull and aching...nm - comma
[ In Reply To ..]nm
That's what I thought - thanks so much!! nm - vnolan
[ In Reply To ..]nm
Yes...dull, aching pain sm - gyb
[ In Reply To ..]It's a description with more than 1 adjective, so needs a comma :)
disagree with all the others - jd
[ In Reply To ..]I would not put a comma because you only have two adjectives. You put a comma when you have more than two. If there are only three, you put the comma between the first and second but not between the second and third. If there are more, you put a comma between all but the last two. "a young athletic male" but "a young, athletic 24-year-old male" for instance
sleepy...coordinate adjectives - jd
[ In Reply To ..]I guess you could put the comma in because they are coordinate adjectives, each having equal weight. Sorry, was sleepy and not thinking about that.
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