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 === for parenthetical phrases or brackets ===
 * functions as parentheses to set aside additional information without interrupting the basic sentence
-* see
-** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma comma (wiki)]]
+=== commas and coordinate or cumulative adjectives ===
-** [[http://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/comma Comma (suxxex.ac.uk)]]
+* an adjective is an essential or restrictive element, thus it is not separated from the noun it modifies by a comma
+* however, when there are multiple adjectives acting on the same noun, we sometimes separate them by a comma
+* when multiple adjectives are not separated by commas, they are called "cumulative" adjectives
+* when multiple adjectives are separated by commas, they are called "coordinate" adjectives
+==== cumulative adjectives ====
+* = compound adjectives that modify a noun in a certain succession  or cumulation
+** ''My big red balloon''
+*** = I have a big balloon that is red
+==== coordinate adjectives ====
+* = compound adjectives that modify a noun distinctly from each other
+** My big, red balloon
+*** = I have a balloon that is both big and red
+see:
+* [<nowiki/>[[wikipedia:Comma|comma (wiki)]]]
+* [[http://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/comma Comma (suxxex.ac.uk)]]
 == semicolon ==