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    The document discusses the typical order of multiple adjectives preceding a noun. Adjectives describing opinions usually come first, followed by more neutral descriptors. A common ordering of adjectives from 1 to 10 is also provided, covering categories like opinion, size, quality, shape, age, color, origin, material, and purpose. Examples are given to illustrate adjectives ordered according to this convention.

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    The document discusses the typical order of multiple adjectives preceding a noun. Adjectives describing opinions usually come first, followed by more neutral descriptors. A common ordering of adjectives from 1 to 10 is also provided, covering categories like opinion, size, quality, shape, age, color, origin, material, and purpose. Examples are given to illustrate adjectives ordered according to this convention.

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    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. red):

    She was wearing an amazing red coat.

    Not: … red amazing coat

    If we don’t want to emphasise any one of the adjectives, the most usual sequence of adjectives
    is:

    order relating to examples

    1 opinion unusual, lovely, beautiful

    2 size big, small, tall

    3 physical quality thin, rough, untidy

    4 shape round, square, rectangular

    5 age young, old, youthful

    6 colour blue, red, pink

    7 origin Dutch, Japanese, Turkish

    8 material metal, wood, plastic

    9 type general-purpose, four-sided, U-shaped

    10 purpose cleaning, hammering, cooking

    It was made of a 1strange, 6green, 8metallic material.

    It’s a 4long, 8narrow, 10plastic brush.

    Panettone is a 4round, 7Italian, 9bread-like Christmas cake.

    Here are some invented examples of longer adjective phrases. A noun phrase which
    included all these types would be extremely rare.

    She was a 1beautiful, 2tall, 3thin, 5young, 6black-haired, 7Scottish woman.


    What an 1amazing, 2little, 5old, 7Chinese cup and saucer!

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