<p>"As a black female performer in nightclubs....."</p>
<p>Should there be any commas? Why?</p>
<p>not in this context... in the context of the rest of the sentence, then one after nightclubs would probably be required</p>
<p>as far as I know, you wouldn't put a comma between black and female (what you were thinking, right? maybe)</p>
<p>if it were a "large black ball" then there should be one bet/n large and black --> "large, black ball"..... but in this phrase, i don't think there'd be any commas</p>
<p>Yes. I was thinking that there should be a comma btwn them. buy you're correct. Can u explain how black and female differ from large and black.
I thought ur suppose to take out 1 of the adj and if it still made sense u put a comma btwn them. Kinda like As a black performer....or As a female performer....they both make sense.</p>
<p>I keep missing these kinda questions ^^</p>
<p>haha reloadedxp I'm having a major deja vu moment</p>
<p>I just submitted my own thread concerning this EXACT question 2 seconds ago and the first thread I click on afterwards is yours =P</p>
<p>I agree with reloaded...peyton, why is female/black different from the large/black?</p>
<p>"The comma is used to separate co-ordinate adjectives; that is, adjectives that directly and equally modify the following noun. Two questions can be asked to identify adjectives as coordinate adjectives:</p>
<ol>
<li>Would the meaning be the same if their order were reversed?</li>
<li>Would the meaning be the same if and were placed between them?</li>
</ol>
<pre><code>* A positive answer to either of these questions is evidence that a comma should be placed between the adjectives:
o In the dull, incessant droning but not the cute little cottage.
o The devious lazy red frog suggests there are lazy red frogs (one of which is devious), while the devious, lazy red frog does not carry this connotation.
</code></pre>
<p>"
According to wikipedia.</p>
<p>I agree with Peyt because couldnt black describe female, and female describe performer, because in that case there would not be a comma needed</p>
<p>I really can't explain why.... besides just saying it sonds right (bad reasoning, I know.. i make a 36 on the english section and can't explain a comma situation.. that's funny)... but i have had questions like this in my practice tests, and there was no comma for the answer (in this situation... in the one I listed, there was a comma)... i just don't really know how to explain it</p>
<p>Yea, some situations just require you to speak fluent English to recognize.</p>
<p>^ yeah, no kidding.. i still can't think of any reason to back up why it's right... i am just some how sure that it is right</p>
<p>Found this online: </p>
<p>Use a comma to separate two adjectives that modify the same noun, but do not use a comma if the first of two adjectives modifies the second adjective, but not the noun. In considering this choice, ask yourself whether the two adjectives can be reversed. If they can, as in the first example below, separate them with a comma. If they can not, as in the second example below, do not use a comma. </p>
<p>Incorrect: The only approach to the city was by a long old highway.
Correct: The only approach to the city was by a long, old highway. </p>
<p>Incorrect: The suspect drove a light, blue truck. </p>
<p>Correct: The suspect drove a light blue truck.</p>
<p>In the second example, use of a comma would be incorrect, since "light" modifies "blue," and is therefore not part of a series of commas that modify the word "truck." However, on the off chance that the writer intended to write that the truck was light in weight as well as blue in color, then the first use would be correct. Thus, you can change the meaning of a sentence -- sometimes inadvertently -- by your use of commas.</p>
<p>^^ ahaaaa! that's it (it makes sense b/c black modifies female, and "black female" modifies performer)</p>