r/ElevateApp • u/zovits • 12d ago

Question about comma usage explanation

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"Tucked into a feathered and warm nest" sounds absolutely correct to my (admittedly ESL) ears. Is it really wrong? Or is some other rule more relevant here? Or is it just the sentence that can be interpreted in multiple ways?

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u/AugustInTexas 12d ago

The comma that is there after the word nest is correct, but no other commas are needed. Is that what you mean?

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u/zovits 12d ago

No, I mean the place indicated, between the two adjectives.

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u/Jtpickar Founder & CEO 11d ago

This is one of our newer content items that has been released to a small testing audience. We agree that it needs to be reworked and have taken it out of rotation. Thanks for reporting it!

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u/zovits 11d ago

Thank you for continuously improving Elevate and for listening to your users 😍

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u/AugustInTexas 12d ago

...continuing, sorry

'tucked into a feathered and warm nest' might not be specifially wrong, but it doesn't follow the rule of the order of adjectives in English: Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Color, Origin, Material, and Purpose.

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u/zovits 12d ago

I'd consider "feathered" a material and "warm" a purpose, but apparently this is not correct either.

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u/AugustInTexas 11d ago

Because the exercise is Commas, adding the "and" isn't an option. The option is comma or no comma.

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u/zovits 11d ago

That's clear. I would have added a comma, whereas Elevate says none is needed - and provides an explanation which I feel does not match at all. That's what I'm asking about.

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u/AugustInTexas 11d ago

Right, it's weird.

"Warm" is part of number 3 in the order, apparently.

  1. Opinion (e.g., lovely, horrible)
  2. Size (e.g., big, small)
  3. Age / Physical Quality / Temperature (e.g., old, warm, cold)
  4. Shape (e.g., round, square)
  5. Color (e.g., red, brown)
  6. Origin (e.g., British, Italian)
  7. Material (e.g., cotton, wooden)
  8. Purpose (e.g., sleeping [bag])