Adjective Order

Express Opinions, Then Facts

Opinion + Fact + Noun

✘ A sunny lovely day in the park.

✔︎ A lovely sunny day in the park.

("Lovely" is an opinion and "sunny" is a fact.)

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Other examples: 

• A delicious Japanese meal.
• A beautiful yellow dress.
• Horrible rainy weather.

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Expressing Facts

Adjectives must be placed in this order:
Size + Age + Shape + Colour + Origin + Material + Purpose + Noun

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To easily memorize the order of adjectives in English, use the mnemonic OSASCOMP: Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Color, Origin, Material, and Purpose. This acronym helps remember the general order in which adjectives typically appear before a noun.
Adjectives: order

ANOSASCOMP (Source)
Examples

• They have a lovely old red post-box.
• The playroom has six small round plastic tables.
• I bought some charming Victorian silver ornaments at the flea market.
• She is selling her flashy 3-year-old Italian car.
• It was a beautiful cold day.

http://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/adjectives/order-of-adjectives/
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adjectives/order-adjectives

To remember the order of adjectives use this mnemonic device: ANOSASCOMP
a=article                    a, an, the,
n=number                 several, any number , many, few, dozen
o=opinion                  beautiful, difficult, easy, sweet
s=size                         tiny, gigantic, enormous, miniscule
a=age                         new, old, young, ancient, any number
s=shape                     oval, flat, round, circular, square
c=color                       pink, blue, orange, fushia
o=origin                     Chinese, American, Southern, Western,
m=material               wood, plastic, paper, cloth, rubber
p=purpose                 sleeping, writing, baking, reading

• I carried a very small black suitcase.
• They have some old French paintings.
• She was wearing a new red silk dress.
• That is a really ugly wooden chair.
• We bought a new round kitchen table.
• There are some new Chinese students in the class