In American English would you put a comma after both adjectives or, as in British you put it only after the first.
The big, red, dog... Or The big, red dog... ?
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1Hello, aJ. It's difficult to respond to a claim that's off-target. I'm not sure about any minor differences between US and UK punctuation, but no competent Anglophone would put a comma between big and red here except in very rare circumstances for marking. And I can't see any circumstance where there'd be a comma before dog. Look at the duplicate to find out about when commas between adjectives are needed or are used to differentiate meanings. – Edwin Ashworth May 05 '18 at 16:25
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Possible duplicate of Do I need to use a comma between two adjectives?. See also Are these two adjectives acting as coordinate adjectives or cumulative adjectives?. – Edwin Ashworth May 05 '18 at 16:30
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Even in British grammar, you could use a comma before dog—so long as red was being used as a piece of nonessential information. However, it would not be normal, and different punctuation would convey that particular meaning much better: The big (and red) dog . . . Otherwise, it would look like a mistake, even if used deliberately. – Jason Bassford May 06 '18 at 18:30
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Although I speak British English, I can safely say that the two are the same in this respect. You would never need to put a comma between a final adjective and a noun.
These rules might help you a little more:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/607/02/
Rule 6 directly relates to your question here.
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Hello, joseph. This question should be close-voted rather than answered, for several reasons. – Edwin Ashworth May 05 '18 at 16:26