Repeat adjectives to ensure clarity

Last Updated : Oct 15, 2013 |

Clarify whether the adjective or the adjectival phrase modifies only one or all the nouns that follow. In each phrase of a parallel construction, repeat the modifiers and the words to which the modifier refers.

Preferred

Discouraged

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