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Maj Posted 23 years ago
Grammar

Adjective order

Some books say that the order of adjectives is important where there is more than one adjective in front of a noun. The following should be observed:

Opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin/nationality, material/purpose + noun.

Would you say:

A long sad Russian novel or

A sad long Russian novel. Why?

The adjectives expressing opinion seem to be rather confusing to me.
  

Top answer

g. 3 colours). There's no rule about this, it just sounds a bit strange to have a lot of adjectives before a noun.

— Lib

  • g.
  • 3 colours).
  • There's no rule about this, it just sounds a bit strange to have a lot of adjectives before a noun.
  • If we need more, we usually make two sentences (at least when we speak).
  • Think that natives don't usually study the rule of order of adjectives, it comes with practice.
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I think we generally avoid using more than 2 adjectives before a noun (unless they're of the same type e.g. 3 colours). There's no rule about this, it just sounds a bit strange to have a lot of adjectives before a noun. If we need more, we usually make two sentences (at least when we speak). Think that natives don't usually study the rule of order of adjectives, it comes with practice.
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the order as I know it is as follows:

1) DETERMINER.........A

2) OBSERVATION........GORGEOUS

3) PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

a) size..........LITTLE
b) shape..........OVAL
c) age............NEW
d) colour..........BLACK

4) ORIGIN............SWEDISH

5) MATERIAL..........LACE

6) QUALIFIER.............STRAPLES
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