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Adjective Order: British Old White Car Is Wrong, Old White British Car Is Correct
Adjective Order: British Old White Car Is Wrong, Old White British Car Is Correct
Adjective Order: British Old White Car Is Wrong, Old White British Car Is Correct
Adjectives are used to describe what things look like, such as size, age, shape,
colour, material, or describe more abstract things like opinion, origin and
purpose. We can use adjectives together to give a detailed description of
something. Adjectives that express opinions usually come before all others,
but it can sometimes depend on what exactly you want to emphasize
When several adjectives are used before a noun, they must be used in a
particular order. For example:
British old white car is wrong, old white British car is correct.
British, three red, old, ugly, small, = three ugly small old red British cars.
E.g. One irritating small old thin empty grey British plastic sleeping teacher.
To avoid using a long list of adjectives, we can put some before and some
after the noun. E.g. The small red wooden doll is old and broken.