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by igravious 8y ago
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I'm pretty sure it is "big red bus"[0] and not "big, red bus" unless you're using the comma for emphasis? Either way, as you say, it can't be "red, big bus" nor can it be "red big bus" because these adjectives are cumulative, not coordinating.
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[1] https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/about-adjectives-and-adverbs/adjectives-order https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/abo...
- gpm 8y agoI think that comma was correct. Try saying it (the whole sentence I mean, not just "big red bus". He wasn't an adjective phrase describing the bus but an example of a list of adjectives that could form an adjective phrase. You instinctively put pauses between "big" and "red" because you are talking about it as a list. When you are talking about lists you put commas between the elements, and when you take pauses you put commas. So there are at least two reasons why a comma belongs there even though when using adjectives naturally you don't put a comma.