The language rule we

know
but do not know we
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Shahid Naseem
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Adjectives: order

I have a little rectangular old French green silver knife.

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Adjectives: order

When more than one adjective comes

before a noun, the adjectives are normally
in a particular order.
Adjectives which describe opinions or
attitudes (e.g. amazing) usually come first,
before more neutral, factual ones (e.g.
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Adjectives: order

Adjectives in English have to be in this

order:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

opinion size age shape colour origin material purpose

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Adjectives: orderopinion size age shape colour origin material purpose

1 2 3 4 5
I havelovely,
a little old,rectangulagreen
6 7 , 8 r, ,
French,silver,whittlin knife.
g,
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Adjectives: order

The Cambridge Dictionary order:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

opinion size physical quality shape age colour origin material type purpose

-unusual -small -thin -round -young -red -Dutch -metal -general purpose -cleaning
-lovely -tall -rough -square -old -blue -French -wood -four sided -cooking
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The Cambridge Dictionary

Adjectives: order
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

opinion size physical quality shape age colour origin material type purpose

-unusual -small -thin -round -young -red -Dutch -metal -general purpose -cleaning
-lovely -tall -rough -square -old -blue -French -wood -four sided -cooking

It was made of a strange,

metallic,green,material.
What an amazing, Chinese, old, little cup!
It is a narrow, plastic, long brush.
She is a beautiful, young, thin, tall, black-
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Ablaut reduplication

Have you ever heard the dong-ding of a bell? Or hop-

hip music?
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