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Caro44230 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
order of adjectives
I have a doubt about the order of the adjectives in the following sentence:
A lovely comfortable small rectangular old white French metallic coffee table.
I know this sentence would never be employed but I invented it just to understand better the order of adjectives.
I’m looking forward to your answer
Thank you
A lovely comfortable small rectangular old white French metallic coffee table.
I know this sentence would never be employed but I invented it just to understand better the order of adjectives.
I’m looking forward to your answer
Thank you
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Thank you for your answer but can you please tell me if my sentence is correct?
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In simple cases there may very clearly be a right and wrong adjective order. However, your example is too complicated for there to be a unique correct order obvious to native speakers.
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In my opinion :
A lovely comfortable small old rectangular white French metallic coffee table.
A lovely comfortable small old rectangular white French metallic coffee table.
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We don't have 'comfortable' tables. We usually have 'metal', not 'metallic' tables, tough we usually specify the metal.
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Thank you for your answers.
I understand that adjective order in English has tendencies rather than fixed rules.
So in this case, the age should come before the shape but in a shorter sentence I should say "a rectangular old table" (the shape should come before the age).
Am I right?
I understand that adjective order in English has tendencies rather than fixed rules.
So in this case, the age should come before the shape but in a shorter sentence I should say "a rectangular old table" (the shape should come before the age).
Am I right?
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@ fivejedjon
Thank you for your answer. I wanted to add an adjective for specific opinion. Which one would you suggest for a table?
Thank you for your answer. I wanted to add an adjective for specific opinion. Which one would you suggest for a table?
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I have just found many metallic tables on Google: https://www.google.fr/#psj=1&q=%22metallic+table%22
Are a metal table and a metallic table different?
Thank you
Are a metal table and a metallic table different?
Thank you
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caro44230Are a metal table and a metallic table different?A metal table is made entirely or substantially of metal. A metallic table could just have a metal-like appearance or finish. However, "metallic table" is not a tremendously common combination.
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caro44230So in this case, the age should come before the shape but in a shorter sentence I should say "a rectangular old table" (the shape should come before the age).I would say "old rectangular table". It's actually more obvious with "new" ("new rectangular table", not "rectangular new table"). The complication with "old" is that "adj. + old + noun" is almo
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