"Red barn" is a single unit so no comma is needed between "round" and "red." "Round" describes the "red barn." It actually does matter, RG, and adjectives certainly can describe other adjectives, as in "dark-green blouse" (an adverb modifies a verb, not a noun or adjective). Try different adjectives and it should be even more apparent why a comma shouldn't be used. "It's the same annoying teacher I had last year." "It's the same boring dinner we had last night." If you can't put "and" between the adjectives, no comma should be used. RE: Comma for "the same" in a list of adjectives? See CMOS 6.33 Commas with Coordinate Adjectives. "Long" and "black" are not coordinate adjectives, so no comma should be used. Put all the coordinate adjectives first (of course) then commas between them, but not between the last of them and the first of the non-coordinate adjectives.Īre you thinking that "shiny blue" is a unit too? Why no hyphen between them? So, for a simple rule to govern this situation:
#ROYAL ORDER OF ADJECTIVES BEGINNING SERIAL#
For guidelines regarding serial adjectives and com The second "rule" I also haven't heard of and it's not something mentioned in CMOS. I'm not at all familiar with either of these "rules." The first one is logical, and from that perspective, I agree with it and will probably use it in the future.
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