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Tung Quoc Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

voluntary

1/Will you write (1) or (2)? Why? If both, what is the difference btw them?

Ten young Australian voluntary mesengers.(1)

Ten voluntary young Australian mesengers.(2)

2/ Is voluntary adj expressing opinion, physical quality or anything else?

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Hi Quoc I would say something like this instead: The messengers were ten young Australian volunteers. Generally speaking, you probably shouldn't try to use more than two or three adjectives with a noun. There are usually other (better) ways to say things.

— Yankee

  • Hi Quoc I would say something like this instead: The messengers were ten young Australian volunteers.
  • Generally speaking, you probably shouldn't try to use more than two or three adjectives with a noun.
  • There are usually other (better) ways to say things.
  • Stringing too many adjectives together tends to get awkward and/or confusing.
  • Voluntary should probably be seen as a quality/purpose, so your first option might be better word order than the second (theoretically).
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Hi Quoc

I would say something like this instead:
The messengers were ten young Australian volunteers.


Generally speaking, you probably shouldn't try to use more than two or three adjectives with a noun. There are usually other (better) ways to say things. Stringing too many adjectives together tends to get awkward and/or confusing.

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>Stringing too many adjectives together tends to get awkward and/or confusing.

Mechanical too.
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