So . . .

[19_99]

To calm me from the stress I came up with a new journal title: Colour Me Purple: Do I Eat People Or Do People Eat Me

Comments

[cesy]

I think One Eyed, One Horned, Flying, Purple People Eaters. Commas between separate adjectives, but not between the last adjective and the noun ("People Eaters").

[cesy]

Unless they're eating flying, purple people. In which case I believe it should be One Eyed, One Horned Flying-Purple-People Eaters.

[19_99]

Well see, that's the whole thing. I'm pretty sure you don't need the hypens if they're eating flying purple people. See the order for not needing commas is something like number + general description + size + age + colour + noun (according to The Grammar Lady) so what I want to know is:

Does "it" eat flying purple people? Purple people? or just people?

[kiwimark]

Okay, that's my bad, I actually read the middle one as Cesy's first post, which is what I agree with.

-Mark

[19_99]

So they eat purple people? That means I'll get eaten once someone colours me purple. Meep.

[cesy]

Hmm. I'd never come across this idea by The Grammar Lady before. Seems to me that it just allows for ambiguity, which is surely making the situation worse, whereas if you use the commas and hyphens as I was taught, there isn't any ambiguity. But I think I have seen descriptions without commas as you said, and thought it was just a mistake. *goes off to think about it*

[19_99]

*nod* I think the logic behind the lack of commas is there is no way any of the preceding adjectives can describe the following ones. For example you can't have six purple but you can have a purple six. *shrug* I'm just going to keep putting in my commas for whatever the list is to make sure it's more clear.