adjectives II

navi tasan · #1 19-Sep-2003, 10:30

Which of the following is correct:
1-He was a young man not tall but strong.
2-He was a young man, not tall but strong.

3-He was a young man strong but not tall.
2-He was a young man, strong but not tall.

**RonBee** · #2 19-Sep-2003, 16:51

I favor sentences two and four. It is usual for a descriptive phrase following a noun to be set off by commas (in this case, a comma and a period).

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