Monthly Archives: April 2019

Order of the Adjectives

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

Adjectives in English absolutely have to be in this order: opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose Noun. So you can have a lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife. But if you mess with that word order in the slightest you’ll sound like a maniac.” So Mark … Continue reading →

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