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Hela Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

how to link adjectives

0Dear teachers,02br
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001) When do we have to put a comma or the coordinator “and” to separate adjectives?02br
002) Would you please tell me if it is compulsory to put commas in a long series of adjectives ? 02br
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00Examples:02br
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00a) A small01font01b00,02b02font00 blue01b01font00, 02font02b00canvas bag. / A small01b01font00,02font02b00 blue canvas bag (?)02br
00b) A big01font01b00,02b02font00 old, square01b01font00,02font02b00 black01b01font00,02font02b00 wooden Chinese table.02br
00c) A sharp hunting knife.02br
00d) Two beautiful small old round red wax Thai candles. (Do I need commas here?)02br
00e) A dirty01b01font00,02font02b00 torn coat. 02br
00f) She writes long 01font01b00and 02b02font00flowery letters. / Sne write long flowery letters (?)02br
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00g) A concrete glass building. (Would you order these "material" adjectives in alphabetical order? Would you please give me another example?)02br
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00h) A practical economical car. (Under which category would you place these adjectives? Would you please give me another example like this?)02br
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00Thank you for your help.02br
00Hela0-
  

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0In many languages, adjectives usually occur in an 05100 order. 02br 02br 00English is a language with a preferred order of adjectives. Native speakers pick this up as a matter of course; those who are learning it as an adult have to memorize it.

— Inchoateknowledge

  • 0In many languages, adjectives usually occur in an 05100 order.
  • 02br 02br 00English is a language with a preferred order of adjectives.
  • Native speakers pick this up as a matter of course; those who are learning it as an adult have to memorize it.
  • 05200 and 05300 have adjective order preferences similar to English.
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0In many languages, adjectives usually occur in an 05100 order. However, some languages do not have this tendency.02br
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00English is a language with a preferred order of adjectives. Native speakers pick this up as a matter of course; those who are learning it as an adult have to memorize it. 05200 and 05300 have adjective order preferences similar to
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0Hello Incho,02br
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00Thank you for the lesson. Which adjectives are called "phrase-making", "classifiers" and "qualifiers", please? And when you use a long series of adjectives, is it not necessary to use commas or coodinators?02br
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00Merry Chistmas to you and all the other members of the forum.02br
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00Hela0-
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0Hello Hela02br
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00Did I tell you I am a Christian? By the way, I am. Thank you for your Christmas wishes. Please accept my compliments.02br
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00Now from the sublime to the ridiculous: a phrase making adjective is the one standing nearest the noun it modifies.02br
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00No coordinators and comma needed0-
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0Given the different orders recommended by grammarians, would you say:02br
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00- A beautiful old 01b00English silver02b00 mirror OR A beautiful old 01b00sivler English 02b00mirror (?)02br
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00- A 19th century 01b00Swedish wooden02b00 salad bowl OR A 19th century 01b00
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0-A beautiful old 01b00English silver02b00 mirror 02br
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00-A 19th century 01b00Swedish wooden02b00 salad bowl 0-
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0 01a05000 02a00 0230hrefhttp://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adjord.htm
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0 Hi Hela02br
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00 A few thoughts:02br
00 Your original examples 01b00b02b00 and 01b00d02b00 are so utterly unrealistic that they don't warrant any comment other than "Too many adjectives!" They consist of gigantically long strings of adjectives that would never actually be used. I'm quite sure that none of
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01cite10Inchoateknowledge12cite11a15010 12a12blockquote
10A question about this site:02br
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00Under "purpose" they give examples such as: "sleeping bag" and "roasting tin".02br
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00This
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0Thank you Yankee for your comments.02br
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001) When we have a couple adjectives describing the same thing (e.g. material) don't we list them in alphabetical order?01blockquote
00- 11i10a 11b11font10C12font12b10oncrete 11b10and12b10 11b11font
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0 Hi Hela02br
00 My comments are in the quote.02br
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01cite10Hela12cite101) When we have a couple adjectives describing the same thing (e.g. material) don't we list them in alphabetical order? 11font10No12font12br
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