Comma b/w Adjectives
I was privy to the secret griefs of wild unknown men.
I was privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men.
Well he wasn't always a butler.
Well, he wasn't always a butler.
The wind had blown off leaving a loud bright night with wings beating in the trees.
The wind had blown off, leaving a loud bright night with wings beating in the trees.
"I've got a nice place here" he said his eyes flashing about restlessly.
"I've got a nice place here," he said, his eyes flashing about restlessly.
He found the house a weather beaten cardboard bungalow at eighty a month but at the last minute the firm ordered him to Washington.
He found the house, a weather beaten cardboard bungalow at eighty a month, but at the last minute the firm ordered him to Washington.
The sister Catherine was a slender worldly girl of about thirty with a solid sticky bob of red hair and a complexion powdered milky white.
The sister, Catherine, was a slender, worldly girl of about thirty with a solid sticky bob of red hair and a complexion powdered milky white.
Well she was less than an hour old.
Well, she was less than an hour old.
[A]fter boasting this way of my tolerance I come to the admission that it has a limit.
[A]fter boasting this way of my tolerance, I come to the admission that it has a limit.
"You live in West Egg" she remarked contemptuously "I know somebody there."
"You live in West Egg," she remarked contemptuously. "I know somebody there."
Miss Baker had mentioned him at dinner and that would do for an introduction.
Miss Baker had mentioned him at dinner, and that would do for an introduction.
Two shining arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward.
Two shining, arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward.
"All kinds. What kind do you want lady?"
"All kinds. What kind do you want, lady?"
Upstairs in the solemn echoing drive she let four taxi cabs drive away before she selected a new one.
Upstairs, in the solemn echoing drive she let four taxi cabs drive away before she selected a new one.
“Oxford New Mexico” snorted Tom contemptuously “or something like that.” [Add 3 commas.]
“Oxford, New Mexico,” snorted Tom contemptuously, “or something like that.”
Her body asserted itself with a restless movement of her knee and she stood up.
Her body asserted itself with a restless movement of her knee, and she stood up.
I looked back at my cousin who began to ask me questions in her low thrilling voice.
I looked back at my cousin who began to ask me questions in her low, thrilling voice.
"Why did you Myrtle?" demanded Catherine.
"Why did you, Myrtle?" demanded Catherine.
We went on cutting back again over the Park toward the West Hundreds.
We went on, cutting back again over the Park toward the West Hundreds.
"Now, don't think my opinion on these matters is final" he seemed to say "just because I'm stronger and more of a man than you are."
"Now, don't think my opinion on these matters is final," he seemed to say, "just because I'm stronger and more of a man than you are."
[W]e've always been unusually communicative in a reserved way and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that.
[W]e've always been unusually communicative in a reserved way, and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that.
My family have been prominent well-to-do people in this middle-western city for three generations.
My family have been prominent, well-to-do people in this middle-western city for three generations.
"Yes but listen," said Myrtle Wilson, nodding her head up and down, "at least you didn't marry him."
"Yes, but listen," said Myrtle Wilson, nodding her head up and down, "at least you didn't marry him."
She laughed again, as if she said something very witty, and held my hand for a moment looking up into my face.
She laughed again, as if she said something very witty, and held my hand for a moment, looking up into my face.
“Your wife does” exclaimed Tom startled. [Add 2 commas.]
“Your wife does,” exclaimed Tom, startled.
Only Gatsby the man who gives his name to this book was exempt from my reaction.
Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, was exempt from my reaction.