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[A recent question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/11198/when-
you-combine-adjectives-with-the-%E3%81%A6-form-does-it-imply-a-relationship-
between) asked about joining two adjectives together. It used the following
example:

> _(example 1)_ きれい **で** 静か **な** 町

As I understand it, this is the combination of the 連用形 of `きれいだ` with the 連体形
of `静かだ`. Let's turn this example into 終止形 instead of 連体形 for my question:

> _(example 2)_ 町はきれい **で** 静か **だ**

According to [this
answer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/474/the-many-ways-to-say-
and-in-japanese), you can _also_ join two adjectives with `し`. In this case, I
would replace `で` with `だ` and add `し`:

> _(example 3)_ 町はきれい **だし** 静か **だ**

I think this means the same thing as _example 2_. (According to [sawa's answer
here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/2934/%E3%81%AA%E3%81%8F-vs-%E3%81%AA%E3%81%8F%E3%81%A6-and-
stem-form-vs-%E3%81%A6form-as-conjunctions/2935#2935), the て-form has two
restrictions, "it implies temporal order" and "volitionality of what is
connected must match". Neither restriction sounds relevant in this case, so I
don't think replacing `で` with `だし` changes the meaning.)

However, what if I were to change it back to 連体形 like in _example 1_? **Can I
join two adjectives with し like this:**

> _(example 4)_ きれい **だし** 静か **な** 町

I feel like _example 4_ is wrong because it parses as two separate clauses,
like `きれいだ` plus `静かな町`, which doesn't make sense to me. In contrast, I think
_example 1_ is parsed as `きれいで静かな` modifying `町`, which does make sense to me.

**Am I correct that you can't join adjectives with し before a noun like in
_example 4_?**
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Joining adjectives with し before a noun
Strictly speaking し is better used in its full form ～し～し. E.g.

> この町は美しいし静かだし、住みやすそうですね。  
>  This town is pretty, it is quiet—it seems to be very liveable.

(It does occur by itself, but a longer list is usually implied. There are
other uses that derive from this one, but that is a different matter.)

It lists any number of properties, which support your statement in the rest of
the sentence. The list, however, is grammatically removed from the rest of the
sentence. That is, the result can't modify anything (na-adjective, noun)
directly. Your examples 3 & 4 are borderline. They would sound more natural
with a structure ～し～し like my example above.
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