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Makes perfect sense (suppo.fi)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/funny@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Well they’re all “correct”. They just don’t sound right. Like saying “the red, big apple” instead of “the big, red apple”.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    Wait, I remember learning in primary school about the correct order for adjectives. Is that not a thing?

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    There’s not a rule, it’s just a “sounds correct”. Because English doesn’t have rules, it has exceptions.

    Cambridge even uses the word “normally” lol. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/adjectives-order

    And here’s a fun stackexchange link where people argue about the order (since there isn’t a rule, it’s all made up). https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/1155/what-is-the-rule-for-adjective-order

    One good quote from that link:

    @cori - the fascinating linguistic point is that native speakers will have subconsciously inferred a rule like this without it ever being stated. The "rule" is really an observation of what they do. All languages and dialects consist of such unconscious rules. – Nathan Long Commented Apr 16, 2013 at 15:25

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