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The ordering of adjectives in English

Amazingly, there is an order in which adjectives modifying a noun are sequenced, and we all do it naturally and the same way. It is not taught in any explicit way, but if you heard an alternative ordering, you would consider it wrong.

[Rules no one teaches but everyone learns]

[Adjective order]

[Adjective Lesson Plan - English Adjectives Activity]

[Wikipedia: adjective order]

  • Determiner, Opinion, Description (size, age, shape, color, origin, material), classification
  • Determiner, Opinion, Dimension, Age, Shape, Color, Origin, Material
  • Determiner, Opinion, Size, Age, Color, Nationality, Material
  • Determiner, Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Color, Material, Origin, Purpose
  • Determiner, Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Color, Origin, Material
  • Determiner, Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Color, Origin, Material, Purpose
  • Determiner, Opinion, Size, Shape, Condition, Age, Color, Origin
  • Determiner, Opinion/Evaluation, Appearance, Age, Color, Origin
  • Determiner, Opinion/General description, Dimension/Size/Weight, Age, Shape, Color, Country of origin, Material, Purpose/power
  • Determiner, Opinion/Judgement, Size, Age, Shape, Color, Nationality, Material, Purpose/Qualifier
  • Determiner, Opinion/Value, Size, Age/Temperature, Shape, Color, Origin, Material
  • Determiner, Observation, Physical Description (Size, Shape, Age, Color), Origin, Material, Qualifier

In addition, determiners sometimes have their own order. Here are some opinions:

  • Quantifier, Determiner, Order, Number, Intensifier
  • Quantifier, Article/Possessive/Demonstrative
  • Determiner (Articles/Demonstratives/Indefinites/Possessives), Order, Quantity
  • Article, Order, Number

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