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"Unnecessary complicated devices".
(I don't remember the exact topic, but something like that has already
been done in the past).
Fabien.
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"Fabien Mosen" <fab### [at] skynet be> wrote in message
news:3C4### [at] skynetbe...
> "Unnecessary complicated devices".
unnecessARILY complicated devices,
or
unnecessary, COMMA, complicated devices?
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Greg M. Johnson wrote:
> unnecessARILY complicated devices,
> or
> unnecessary, COMMA, complicated devices?
What's the difference ? And why is a comma required ?
Fabien.
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"Fabien Mosen" <fab### [at] skynetbe> wrote in message
news:3C4### [at] skynetbe...
>> unnecessARILY complicated devices,
could be a dialysis machine that is powered by 1000 mice on exercise wheels
>> unnecessary, COMMA, complicated devices?
could be a complicated machine that waves to every car that passes by your
house and flashes the registered owner's birthdate after doing OCR on the
license plate.
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The later, I think. Wait for the announcement.
Fabien.
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it would be nice to be able to start VOTING... sheesh!
--
Current obsession: "Ballet pour ma fille."
http://www.applesnake.net
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On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 22:19:22 +0100, Fabien Mosen
<fab### [at] skynetbe> wrote:
>What's the difference ? And why is a comma required ?
In the first case, 'unnecessarily' is an adverb modifying the
adjective 'complicated.' In the second case, both 'unnecessary' and
'complicated' are adjectives modifying the noun 'devices.' In this
case a comma is needed to enforce a pause between them and thus divide
the emphasis equally among them.
Peter Popov ICQ : 15002700
Personal e-mail : pet### [at] vipbg
TAG e-mail : pet### [at] tagpovrayorg
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> >What's the difference ? And why is a comma required ?
>
> In the first case, 'unnecessarily' is an adverb modifying the
> adjective 'complicated.' In the second case, both 'unnecessary' and
> 'complicated' are adjectives modifying the noun 'devices.' In this
> case a comma is needed to enforce a pause between them and thus divide
> the emphasis equally among them.
Unnecessarily, complicated devices... (incorrect)
Unnecessarily complicated devices... (correct)
If one adverb modifies another, no comma is placed to separate them. In
this case, it is "unnecessarily complicated," not "unnecessarily devices,"
so there is no comma.
__________________
Chris Howie
cra### [at] yahoocom
http://winimizer.virtualave.net
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The second was "Unnecessary" not "Unnecessarily"
== John ==
"Chris Howie" <cra### [at] yahoocom> wrote in message
news:3c4a0d11@news.povray.org...
> > >What's the difference ? And why is a comma required ?
> >
> > In the first case, 'unnecessarily' is an adverb modifying the
> > adjective 'complicated.' In the second case, both 'unnecessary' and
> > 'complicated' are adjectives modifying the noun 'devices.' In this
> > case a comma is needed to enforce a pause between them and thus divide
> > the emphasis equally among them.
>
> Unnecessarily, complicated devices... (incorrect)
> Unnecessarily complicated devices... (correct)
>
> If one adverb modifies another, no comma is placed to separate them. In
> this case, it is "unnecessarily complicated," not "unnecessarily devices,"
> so there is no comma.
>
> __________________
> Chris Howie
> cra### [at] yahoocom
> http://winimizer.virtualave.net
>
>
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