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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Order of Adjectives - Urgent
Using the order, Opinion -> Size --> Age --> Shape --> Colour --> Origin --> Material ---> Purpose
Why do we say
big, sparkling diamond and not sparkling, big diamond
long, dirty, wooden table and not dirty, long, wooden table
tall, elegant lady and not elegant, tall lady
big, frightening house and not frightening, big house
In bald, agile young man, what class of adjectives do "bald" and "agile" fall in? Why does "bald" come before "agile"?
What happens if we have two opinion adjectives? Which comes first? beautiful, exquisite silver necklace or exquisite, beautiful silver necklace?
Why do we say
big, sparkling diamond and not sparkling, big diamond
long, dirty, wooden table and not dirty, long, wooden table
tall, elegant lady and not elegant, tall lady
big, frightening house and not frightening, big house
In bald, agile young man, what class of adjectives do "bald" and "agile" fall in? Why does "bald" come before "agile"?
What happens if we have two opinion adjectives? Which comes first? beautiful, exquisite silver necklace or exquisite, beautiful silver necklace?
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There are plenty of on-line explanations. htm .
- There are plenty of on-line explanations.
- htm .
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There are plenty of on-line explanations. Try here:
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adjord.htm
http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/CiLL/
There are plenty of on-line explanations. Try here:
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adjord.htm
http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/CiLL/
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