More Coordinate and Cumulative Adjectives

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1.  The pianist played a beautiful haunting melody.

2.  The cold December wind chilled me to my bones.

3.  Let’s go catch the 8:00 show at that old drive-in movie theater.

4.  I could really go for a hot delicious pepperoni pizza right about now.



 1.  Haunting and beautiful melody  Makes sense  Coordinate

         Correct comma usage: The pianist played a beautiful, haunting melody.


  2.  December and cold wind  Makes no sense  Hierarchical

         Correct Without Commas



3.   Movie and drive-in theater  Makes no sense  Hierarchical
         Drive-in and old movie theater  Makes no sense  Hierarchical

          Correct Without Commas


4.    Pepperoni and delicious pizza  Makes no sense  Hierarchical
         Delicious and hot pepperoni pizza  Makes sense  Coordinate

         Correct comma usage: I could really go for a hot, delicious pepperoni pizza right about now.


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Ex: The dusty, heavy, red guitar is barely playable anymore.

Ex: We were prepared for a long, grueling basketball game.
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Worksheet:  http://englishlinx.com/common_core/7/language/conventions_of_standard_english/Commas-L.7.2a.pdf