Order adjectives
Key Notes:
1. What are Adjectives?
- Adjectives are words that describe or modify nouns.
- They provide more information about the noun, such as size, color, shape, quantity, etc.
2. Order of Adjectives
When using multiple adjectives to describe a noun, they should be placed in a specific order. The general order is:
- Quantity or Number: (e.g., two, several)
- Opinion: (e.g., beautiful, interesting)
- Size: (e.g., big, small)
- Age: (e.g., young, old)
- Shape: (e.g., round, square)
- Color: (e.g., red, blue)
- Origin: (e.g., American, French)
- Material: (e.g., wooden, plastic)
- Purpose: (e.g., sleeping (as in sleeping bag), cooking (as in cooking pot))
3. Example of Adjective Order
- Correct Order: “I have a few beautiful small old round blue American wooden cooking boxes.”
- Incorrect Order: “I have a blue round old small few wooden beautiful cooking box.”
4. Using Commas
- When listing three or more adjectives that are equal in rank (e.g., opinion, size, color), separate them with commas.
- Example: “It’s a beautiful, large, red balloon.”
5. Exceptions
- Coordinate Adjectives: When two adjectives are equally important and modify the same noun, use a comma.
- Example: “It was a long, tiring journey.”
- If the adjectives cannot be rearranged without changing the meaning, they are considered coordinate adjectives.
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