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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma#Uses_in_English
Between adjectives
A comma is used to separate coordinate adjectives (i.e., adjectives that directly and equally modify the following noun). Adjectives are considered coordinate if the meaning would be the same if their order were reversed or if and were placed between them. For example:
The dull, incessant droning but the cute little cottage.
The devious lazy red frog suggests there are lazy red frogs (one of which is devious), while the devious, lazy red frog does not carry this connotation.
以上出自喂鸡百科，逗号在英语里的用法（形容词之间）这一部分。意思与5楼黑体加粗部分基本一致。即，名词前有多个形容词修饰时，加逗号意味着前后两个形容词在语法上的地位相同，交换位置之后表达的意思依然相同，不加逗号意味着这些形容词的位置不能互相交换。
具体到你提出的这三个例子
1）cold, impersonal cities
cold 和 impersonal 可以互换，地位相等。
2）a giant impersonal corporation
giant 和 impersonal 不能互换，因为一般情况下，名词前面的形容词修饰语的排序为“限定词—观点形容词—尺寸大小—形状—新旧—颜色—国籍、出处或产地—质地材料—中心名词”，因此尺寸大小（giant）要排在前面，顺序不能互换，所以不能使用逗号。
3）He maintained an impersonal, professional attitude.
impersonal 和 professional 可以互换，地位相等。 |
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发表于 2019-3-3 17:05:21
