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HSS Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Adjectives and And

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00When you place more than one adjective before a noun, you would use "and" and you wouldn't. How would you decide which to follow? Here's an example. Which sentence sounds better?02br
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00[1] She is a personable, forward-looking, proactive young lady.02br
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00[2] She is a personable, forward-looking 01b00and02b00 proactive young lady.02br
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00Thanks in advance for your help.02br
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00Hiro/ Sendai, Japan0-
  

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02br 02br 00Ex: She is warm, friendly, sincere and pretty. 02br 02br 00 02br 02br 00 00I’ve 00 00invited Mary, John, Paul, Susan 00and00 my co-workers to my birthday party. 02br 02br 02br 02br 00 00Another anternative is to use “as well as “02br 02br 02br 02br 00 00My new job works me to death!

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0Hi, HSS02br
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00When you have two things to describe, a simple “01font00AND”02font00 will do02br
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00When you have more than 3 items to list, use a comma afte reach item and apply an “And” before the last item.02br
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00Ex: She is warm, friendly, sincere and
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0Hi Goodman,02br
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00I'd say 01font00My new job works me to death! I have to take care of the coffee room, reception, 01font00and02font00 mailroom as well as my job as a book keeper.02font02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi Clive,02br
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00Totally understood. I was just pointing out an alternative; aside from using "and".0-
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0Oh-oh, I must have misled you. I know how we normally line up nouns, adverbs, etc., but I was just wondering if there was any difference between "a personable, forward-looking, proactive young lady" and "a personable, forward-looking, and proactive young lady." I somehow keep seeing nouns with more than one adjective before it withtout 'and' in the line of adjectives.02br
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0 Hello HSS02br
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00I take them as follows:02br
00 She is a personable, forward-looking, proactive young lady.02br
00 =The proactive young lady is personable as well as forward-looking.02br
00 She is a personable, forward-looking and proactive young lady.02br
00 =The young lady is personable, f
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0Hi, Paco.02br
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00How are you? Your interpretation is quite interesting. Thanks. Just gotten back home from a long day's work, and so my brain cells are inert at the moment. But I'll certainly give it some thought later on.02br
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01cite10Paco200412cite10By the way I find it somehow odd that "perso
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0 Hello HSS02br
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00I'm sorry I was wrong. My E-J Genius dictionary says "personable" is a word used to praise young men but I have now checked it in other dictionaries (OED and Webster) and have found they do not mention such a gender bias in the use.02br
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00Googlily this word is used like below.02br
00 She is personable 649, He is
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0Without so much the interpretation of dictionary, "personable", to me; has no gender bias. A person with a personable personality is said to be someone with warm, friendly and pleasant characteristics. 0-
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01cite10Goodman12cite10Without so much the interpretation of dictionary, "personable", to me; has no gender bias. A person with a personable personality is said to be someone with warm, friendly and pleasant characteristics. 12blockquote
10Hi, Goodman02br
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00OED's definition is a bit different.
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