Ben Ryan
Ben Ryan
Aug 9, 2017 · 1 min read

I would suggest taking out this comma: “they must first agree not to send any harassing or unwanted, sexually explicit messages.”

To make the sentence much more clear, I would write: “…not to esen any harassing messages or unwanted sexually explicit messages.”

I don’t think this is a situation wherein you need a comma to separate adjectives before a noun. You could make things clearer by writing: “…unwanted sexually-explicit messages,” turning the last two adjectvies into a compound adjective. I’m sure people could debate whether those two adjectives qualify for the hyphen; but the New Yorker, which has a low threshold for compound adjectives, would certainly do it.

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