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For modifiers in the form of adjectives, there are rules to sort them. Here is the order of the adjective
modifiers:
Evaluation/
opinion Appearance Age Color Origin
Size/ measure
big
small Geographical
low French
high Mexican
heavy pink Japanese
Shape
green
roud
Beautiful blue Material
square
good striped wooden
triangular
bad Condition young bright green vegetable
ugly broken old dark blue cotton
interesting chipped new deep purple grass
nice rotten antique
NOTE
1. From the appearance category above, usually follows the order size – shape – condition
Example: a big round shiny apple
However, other sequences can also be used like condition – shape – size OR shape –
condition – size.
Example: a shiny round big apple
a round shiny big apple
2. Just like an appearance category, this item on or off can also be valid for the origin category.
The order that is usually used is geographical – material.
Example: Japanese wooden chair
However, other sequences can also be used like material – geographical.
Example: wooden Japanese chair
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