Conventional Order of Adjectives
- There is a specific sequence for adjectives in sentences.
- This is called the conventions order of adjectives.
- It is the order in which adjectives are placed if there are more than one type of adjective.
- The order is quite long and there are some variations here and there.
- So as a rule of thumb, pay attention to the following:
1. Number / Quantity comes first
- Hot, two red egg muffins. (Wrong)
- Two, hot egg muffins. (Right)
2. Opinion adjectives (quality) comes before fact adjectives.
- A green pretty dress. (Wrong)
- A pretty green dress. (Right)
You can prove that the jacket is blue. Thus, it is a fact. But some people might think it is pretty and some might think it is not. It is an opinion. That is how they view its quality.
Other Examples:
- A mystery exciting novel. (Wrong)
- An exciting mystery novel. (Right)
Fact: Adjectives usually follow the order: size, shape, age, color, origin, material, etc.
Examples:
- The tiny, new, wooden kitchen table.
- A big, blue, plastic ball.
- The big, heavy, dusty book hadn’t been opened in years.
- It was made of a thin, blue, copper material.
- It’s a long, narrow, wooden paddle.
- This is an oval, Spanish, bread-like Christmas cake.
- That is a beautiful, petite, old, Russian furniture.
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