Daily Quick Fix – 4 (Adjective Order)
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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.)
Other examples:
- A delicious Japanese meal.
- A beautiful yellow dress.
- Horrible rainy weather.
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