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<p>hey all
I was doing some practice (PR book) and came across a small problem...</p>

<p>-when using two adjectives to describe ONE noun, wouldn't you generally put one comma between the first and second adjective?
example: the red, red rose ---or--- a sleek, new car</p>

<p>for those of you guys who did the PR book, on practice test 2 english question 34, it was describing the singer as "black female performer" and one of the answer choices was, "female, black performer", so I naturally picked that, however, the answer is "black female performer", saying that these words formed a compound noun o.O</p>

<p>-secondly, when would you separate using a comma as well as "and"
for instance</p>

<p>Gay and proud (don't worry, I'm not) requires no comma after the gay</p>

<p>so (besides when you're trying to separate 3 or more things) when would you use a comma and follow it up with an "and"?
I was under the impression that the word "and" functioned like a comma =/</p>

<p>thanks everyone</p>

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<p>Yes the word and functions as a comma. If the word and can be put in place of the comma, then the comma is necessary. If using the word and does not make sense, the comma is not needed.</p>

<p>Would you say black and female performer? Or sleek and new car?</p>

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<p>nice
that clears it right up</p>

<p>and can you think of an instance where a sentence may be in the format:
blah blah blah COMMA "and" more blah blah blah</p>

<p>in other words
blah blah blah, and blah blah blah</p>

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<p>If a comma is used, than the word and should not be used.</p>

<p>Fido is an ugly, brown mule.
Fido is an ugly and brown mule.</p>

<p>The ugly brown mule is Fido. This would not have a comma because the comma changes the connotation of the sentence. The brown mule that is ugly is Fido.</p>

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<p>So this ("Fido is an ugly, brown mule") would actually be wrong because you can put an and between them? And it should be 'Fido is an ugly brown mule'?</p>

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<p>No. Either an and or a comma can be used.</p>

<p>If an and cannot be used, a comma cannot be used either. The comma replaces the and.</p>

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<p>So there shouldn't be a comma in this sentence rit? cuz putting an and btwn them makes it sound wrong :-?
"Fido is an ugly, brown mule."</p>

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<p>There should be a comma...</p>

<p>It sounds fine to me.</p>

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<p>Oh ok I misread your statement above "If a comma is used, than the word and should not be used." :p</p>