adjective order
When we use several adjectives before a noun, there is a proper way of putting them in order
opinion comes before fact
opinion (beautiful, delicious, ugly, interesting)
fact (new, Italian, black, old)
- A beautiful old cottage
- A delicious Italian pizza
General idea comes before specific idea
general (long, new, cold, big)
specific (American, wooden)
- An old wooden chair
- A big American car
A beautiful long old brown American wooden fishing boat.
| Number | First, second, one, two, three |
| Opinion | Pretty, disgusting, funny, tasty, important |
| Size | Big, tall, huge, small, short, little |
| Age | New, old, young, ancient |
| Shape | Square, circular, cubic, triangular |
| Color | Blue, red, green, black, white |
| Origin | Korean, Indian, American, Italian |
| Material | Golden, wooden, plastic, silk, leather |
| Purpose | A sleeping bag, a fishing boat, cooking oil |
Usually, we do not use more than three adjectives in a sentence, but if we do; it’s correct
| Determiner | Opinion | Size | Age | Shape | Color | Origin | Material | Purpose | Noun |
| A | valuable | old | Italian | clock | |||||
| Those | round | wooden | kitchen | tables | |||||
| His | small | black | leather | wallet |
