ابومحمدالشناوي
13-06-2008, 01 : 54 PM
Adjectives cannot be written in any order
There are rules,
so you should use the following order
Determiner or article
Determiners
e.g. this, that, these, those, my, mine, your, yours, him, his, her, hers, they, their, Sam's ; or
§ Articles - a, an, the
Opinion adjective
e.g. polite, fun, cute, difficult, hard-working
Size, including adjectives, comparatives and superlatives
§ height; e.g. tall, short, high, low; taller, tallest
§ width; e.g. wide, narrow, thin, slim; wider, widest
§ length; e.g. long, short; longer, longest
§ volume; e.g. fat, huge; fatter, fattest
Shape
e.g. circular, oval, triangular, square, sided, hexagonal, irregular
Age
e.g. new, young, adolescent, teenage, middle-aged, old, ancient
Colour
e.g. red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, white, grey, black, black and white, light blue, dark red, pale blue, reddish brown, off-white, bright green, warm yellow
Nationality
e.g. Hong Kong, Chinese, English, American, Canadian, Japanese
Religion
e.g. Buddhist, Taoist, Christian, Moslem, pagan, atheist
Material
e.g. wood, plastic, metal, ceramic, paper, silk
Noun used as an adjective
e.g. campus as in 'campus activities'
The noun that the adjectives are describing.
Sentence structure:
Together the article or determiner, adjective(s) and noun(s) make a 'noun phrase'. Noun phrases can also have adverbs describing the adjectives; e.g. nearly circular; and can also have relative clauses, although these are not discussed
on this page
Style:
Although it is possible to write a sentence that uses all the categories; e.g. 'my beautiful, long, curving, new, pink, western, Christian, silk wedding dress', it is bad style as it is too long. Try to use less than five adjectives in a single list. Therefore you could say "Have you seen my beautiful new cream silk wedding dress? It's long and curving, and is in western Christian style."
There are rules,
so you should use the following order
Determiner or article
Determiners
e.g. this, that, these, those, my, mine, your, yours, him, his, her, hers, they, their, Sam's ; or
§ Articles - a, an, the
Opinion adjective
e.g. polite, fun, cute, difficult, hard-working
Size, including adjectives, comparatives and superlatives
§ height; e.g. tall, short, high, low; taller, tallest
§ width; e.g. wide, narrow, thin, slim; wider, widest
§ length; e.g. long, short; longer, longest
§ volume; e.g. fat, huge; fatter, fattest
Shape
e.g. circular, oval, triangular, square, sided, hexagonal, irregular
Age
e.g. new, young, adolescent, teenage, middle-aged, old, ancient
Colour
e.g. red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, white, grey, black, black and white, light blue, dark red, pale blue, reddish brown, off-white, bright green, warm yellow
Nationality
e.g. Hong Kong, Chinese, English, American, Canadian, Japanese
Religion
e.g. Buddhist, Taoist, Christian, Moslem, pagan, atheist
Material
e.g. wood, plastic, metal, ceramic, paper, silk
Noun used as an adjective
e.g. campus as in 'campus activities'
The noun that the adjectives are describing.
Sentence structure:
Together the article or determiner, adjective(s) and noun(s) make a 'noun phrase'. Noun phrases can also have adverbs describing the adjectives; e.g. nearly circular; and can also have relative clauses, although these are not discussed
on this page
Style:
Although it is possible to write a sentence that uses all the categories; e.g. 'my beautiful, long, curving, new, pink, western, Christian, silk wedding dress', it is bad style as it is too long. Try to use less than five adjectives in a single list. Therefore you could say "Have you seen my beautiful new cream silk wedding dress? It's long and curving, and is in western Christian style."