Language Fun: Adjectives in English

by Connie Kent

Adjectives in English absolutely have to be in this order: opinion-size-quality-age-shape-color-origin-material-purpose Noun.

So you can have a lovely large ornate old rectangular green French serving platter. But if you mess with that word order in the slightest you’ll sound like a maniac. It’s an odd thing that every English speaker uses that list, but almost none of us could write it out.