Here are some rules about the order we put adjectives in
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| Descriptive adjectives come before adjectives which classify or say what type of thing we are talking about |
| description
| classification |
noun |
| a |
black |
leather |
handbag |
| an | expensive | Japanese | painting |
| the | latest | business | book |
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| Adjectives which say what we think or feel about something or how we judge it usually come before descriptive adjectives |
| opinion |
description |
noun |
| a | sexist | old-fashioned | bore |
| an | amazing | chocolate | cake |
| the | lovely | blue | vase |
| two | gorgeous | free | tickets |
Although this order isn't completed fixed, we usually put descriptive adjectives in the following order:
size, age, shape, colour, origin, material
a little, old lady
a young, fat, brown puppy
a petite, white, French, linen jacket
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We can put commas between adjectives, particularly if the list is long and gives similar sorts of information:
an informative, interesting, interactive presentation
a lovely, funny, light-hearted film
We can put 'and' between the final two adjectives in a list depending on whether the list comes after a verb or is followed by a noun
After a verb:
She was tall, beautiful and smart
They were expensive, old and rare
Followed by a noun:
A tall, beautiful woman
Expensive, old, rare coins
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the promise of something:
to guarantee that you will get something
a match:
a game played between two teams (for example, tennis or football)
a raffle:
a competition where the winner is chosen at random or by chance (not on merit or skill)
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