Sections 5.91-3 of The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed., (CMS) discuss a variety of adjectival predicaments. Writers might study these sections on their quest to figure out how to deal with multiple adjectives in succession. Coordinate adjectives require commas. Phrasal adjectives have their own rules. Complicating matters, these rules have exceptions. Situations can get…
Month: March 2021
Novel Beginnings
Story endings often get all the attention. However, it takes a good beginning to motivate a reader to read to the end of a book. Just as an entire story usually has a structure that holds it together, so does a beginning. By “structure” I don’t mean it’s a rigid one. But the beginning shouldn’t…