The order of more then 2 adjectives in a sentence.
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In most cases the adjective is placed before the noun.
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There is an order that is used when using more then 2 adjectives together. The order in some cases can be changed, but it is a good guidlines for ESL and EFL students that are learning English.
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It is not common to used more then 3 adjectives together, but it is possible and can be grammatically correct.
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When there are 2 or more adjectives that are from the same group* "and" is placed between the 2 adjectives.
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When there are 3 or more adjectives from the same adjective group, then a comma is placed between the are from the same group.*. A comma is not placed between an adjective and a noun.
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When an article is used such as "a", "an" or "the" the articles are placed before the adverb. The article must agree with the noun grammatically.
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The adjectives must agree with the noun grammatically.
*The 9 different adjective groups are listed below.
The order of the adjectives is as followed:
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Determiner - a, an, her, five, many, much several etc.
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Opinion - pretty, ugly, smart, cheap, etc.
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Size - big, fat, thin, tall, large, small etc.
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Shape - circle, square, tall, short etc.
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Age - old, young 10 years, a year, a week, new etc.
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Color - yellow, green, pink etc.
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Origin - American, English, Asian, Middle Eastern, African, European, Chinese etc.
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Material - cotton, wood, plastic, cloth, glass, gold etc.
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Purpose/Qualifier -
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hat box, sleeping bag, computer table,safe island, football field. (The words in green are the purpose/qualifer words.)
Examples:
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The big black dog ate my food.
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I like that pretty green sofa.
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I want to go to a big, quit, safe.
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We sleep in a small, pink and green room.