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ADJECTIVE ORDER

There are some rules for ordering adjectives in sentences.
1. Two Adjectives
We often have two adjectives in front of a noun.

 EX:  • a handsome young man
         • a big black car
         • that horrible big dog

 Some adjectives give a general opinion.we can use these adjectives to describe almost any noun.
     (good, bad, lovely, strange, nice, brilliant, beautiful, excellent, awful, important, wonderful, nasty)

 Ex:  • He's a good /brilliant/ wonderful/ bad/ dreadful teacher.
            • That's a good/ brilliant/ wonderful/ bad/ dreadful book.

 Some adjectives give specific opinion. We only use these adjectives to describe particular kinds of noun.
Ex:  ▪ Food - delicious,tastygp
            ▪ Furniture, buildings - comfortable , uncomfortable
            ▪ People, animals - intelligent, clever, friendly

 We usually put a general opinion infront of a specific opinion.

  Ex:    • nice tasty soup
            • a nasty uncomfortable armchair
            • a lovely intelligent animal

 We usually put an opinion adjective infront of a descriptive adjective.
Ex:    • nice red dress
           • a silly old man
           • those horrible yellow curtains.

 2. Adjectives after link verbs
We use some adjectives only after a link verb.
(afraid, alive, alone, asleep, content, glad, ill, ready, sorry, sure, unable, well)

 Some of the commonest -ed adjectives are normally used after a link verb.
( annoyed, bored, finished, pleased, thrilled) 

 Ex: we say......
          • our teacher was ill
          • My unvle was very glad when he heard the news
          • The policeman seemed to be very annoyed.

  But we don't say....
         • We had an ill teacher.
         • When he heard the news he was a very glad uncle.xpn
         • He seemed to be a very annoyed policeman.

  3. Three or more adjectives
Sometimes we have three adjectives infront of a noun, but this is unusual.

 EX:  • a nice handsome young man
        • a big black American car
        • that big horrible fierce dog

 It is very unusual to have more than tree adjectives. Adjectives usually come in this order.
       1. General opinion
       2 Specific opinion
       3. Size
       4. Shape
       5. Age
       6. Color

 4. Adjectives infront of nouns
A few adjectives are used only in front of a noun.
( north, south , east, west, nothern, southern, western,eastern, countless, occasional, lone, mere, indoor, outdoor) 

 Ex:   we say....... 
               • He lives in the eastern district.
               • There were countless problems with the new machinery.
       But we don't say....
                • The district he lives in is eastern. 
                • The problems with the new machinery were countless.

 S.M.D.D.G. Senewirathne
Anu/En/2018/P/0030
          

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