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Prosecutors have charged a Metropolitan Police officer with murder after he shot rapper Chris Kaba in London last year.

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[โ€“] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It's ambiguous. Adjectives don't need a comma like that, especially when there are two. You don't say "look at that small, red, fire hydrant", you just say "look at that small red fire hydrant" (and technically, you could call "fire" an adjective there too).

[โ€“] naught@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

I'm not sure whether it is a hard and fast rule, but that sentence to me should be:

Look at that small, red, fire hydrant

Looks like it's a fairly complicated and nuanced grammar rule:

https://style.mla.org/coordinate-adjectives-commas/