Need advice on the order of adjectives, thx soooo much! *v*

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Dear all,Based on the rule of the "order of adjectives": Opinion  Size  Age  Shape  Colour  Classification  I wonder if the following adjectives are correctly placed in the sentences. Please advise, thx soooo much again.1. Ken is driving an expensive, fast and yellow car.    May I know which group does the adjective "fast" belongs to? 2. The rabbit is cute, grey and red-nosed.3. I want to buy a tasty, four-scooped and colourful ice-cream.    May I know which group does the adjective "four-scooped" belongs to? 4. What a sour, rotten and disgusting bunch of grapes!Many, many thanks for taking the time to advise!

Planet Hopper · Accepted Answer

OK, first rewrite the rule, in forming strings of adjectives like that answer the questions:

How good, big and old?---What shape, colour, where from?--~~Made of~~---What kind?/What for? + noun

Take into account that you will seldom have more than any 3 adjectives together on the same string, so, it's not such a mess.

This sequence obeys to the fact that the closer to the noun, the most objective/important the quality is...start your group with your opinion and go on narrowing the scope. Last information the most obvious, defining one.

Examples/queries:

1 fast to a car to me is an answer to How good, the same as expensive. Too much emphasis may be piling if you use two adjectives of the same sort.
2 Being red nosed is a temporary quality, it doesn't fit at the end of the group, it's subjective...I'd say cute, red-nosed, grey rabbit
3 Remember 2 put a comma before the and. Four-scooped is shape, one of these italian ice-creams with four scoops (***** of ice-cream)
4 Can fruit be sour and rotten at the same time? They are stages, no? disgusting is very subjective, should be upfront

Need advice on the order of adjectives, thx soooo much! v

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