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**** "attorneys general" | **** "attorneys general" | ||
***** *note that "compound words" can be either "open", as in "boy scout" or full moon" or closed, as in "bullfrog" or "mailbox" or hyphenated, as in "long-term" or "on-campus" | ***** *note that "compound words" can be either "open", as in "boy scout" or full moon" or closed, as in "bullfrog" or "mailbox" or hyphenated, as in "long-term" or "on-campus" | ||
=== compound adjectives === | |||
* when a noun is modified by two or more adjectives, the adjectives may be separated by a comma, depending on what the adjective is modifying | |||
==== coordinate adjectives ==== | |||
* multiple adjectives that each independently modify the noun | |||
** ''the big, red ball'' | |||
* the comma separating the coordinate adjectives could be replaced by the coordinating conjunction "and" | |||
** ''the big and red ball'' | |||
** = the ball is both big and red | |||
==== cumulative adjectives ==== | |||
* multiple adjectives that each are modified by the prior adjective | |||
** ''the big red ball'' = the red ball is big | |||
*** (might be used to distinguish the ''big red ball'' from a ''small red ball)'' | |||
== Adverb == | == Adverb == | ||