Here is an interesting adjective quirk that you probably aren’t even aware you are doing.
In English, adjectives seem to follow a specific order:
opinion - size - age - shape - color - origin - material - purpose - noun
In English, adjectives seem to follow a specific order:
opinion - size - age - shape - color - origin - material - purpose - noun
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“Lovely little old rectangular red American leather-bound Collegiate Dictionary “
Not
“Collegiate rectangular little leather-bound American old little lovely Dictionary”
Occasionally I have to look up the order to sort it out, but mostly I can just feel my way to the solution.
(Just imagine you’re talking to a film icon & salad dressing mogul.)
"One Simple Adjective Sequence Code: Order Matters, Paul Newman."
Actually, that's not a bad one since you can make it almost into a word or two. But his were like "VYoBuaTMG."
"Oh, yes, that clears it up. Thank you."
What is black?
The magic or the woman?