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SEPARATING EQUALLYIMPORTANT ADJECTIVES• Practice: Try the two tests with the followingsentences. Where do the commas belong?– Marshall cut his short wavy light blond hair.– In my wallet are five crisp new twenty dollar bills.• Test #1: Change the order of the adjectives.– If the sentence reads just as clearly, separate the adjectiveswith a comma• Test #2: Place the word and between the adjectives.– If the sentence still reads well, use commas between theadjectives.

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