If you significantly alter that order, you might make it ... to describe a noun with more than a few adjectives, anyway. Curious what other grammar rules you didn’t know you knew?

Adjectives in English must always be used in a very precise order. And even though none of us has officially learned this rule, placeholderwe somehow all know to follow it, and that things seem ...

You’re not wrong (though not entirely right, because descriptivist linguistics): An intuitive code governs the way English speakers order adjectives. The rules come so naturally to us that we ...

It outlines the rules of adjective order when preceding a noun. According to the text, the order goes “opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose Noun,” and any change made to that ...

Of course, the rule is a fair reflection of much general usage – although the reasons behind this complex set of constraints in adjective order remain disputed. Some linguists have suggested tha ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Royal Order of Adjectives dictates that adjectives must appear in a certain order: opinion-size-shape-age-color-origin-material-purpose. It's why My Greek Fat ...

Of course, the rule is a fair reflection of much general usage — although the reasons behind this complex set of constraints in adjective order remain disputed. Some linguists have suggested th ...

It is cheering to see that things like the adjective-order rule can go viral on social media. Perhaps it can make people more likely to associate “grammar” not with drudgery, but with ...

It outlines the rules of adjective order when preceding a noun. According to the text, the order goes “opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose Noun,” and any change made to that ...