Comments on: Ordering multiple adjectives https://www.isegoria.net/2016/09/ordering-multiple-adjectives/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:08:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Felix https://www.isegoria.net/2016/09/ordering-multiple-adjectives/comment-page-1/#comment-2491663 Felix Thu, 08 Sep 2016 09:25:21 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=40798#comment-2491663 Or:

Quantity
General value/opinion
Specific value/opinion
Size
Attractiveness/Sexiness (but, then, does temperature count for this? No, because, “foxy”!)
Temperature
Age
Shape (Age and Shape seem to be in order contention)
Color (USA! USA! USA!)
Pattern
Origin/Nationality
Material
Purpose

Slate had a pretty good article on this subject.

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_good_word/2014/08/the_study_of_adjective_order_and_gsssacpm.html

]]> By: Mike in Boston https://www.isegoria.net/2016/09/ordering-multiple-adjectives/comment-page-1/#comment-2491642 Mike in Boston Thu, 08 Sep 2016 03:21:10 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=40798#comment-2491642 …oops, I didn’t click the link in the original article and just linked to the French version, which I had pulled up independently after seeing this on the LanguageLog. D’oh!

]]> By: Mike in Boston https://www.isegoria.net/2016/09/ordering-multiple-adjectives/comment-page-1/#comment-2491641 Mike in Boston Thu, 08 Sep 2016 03:18:19 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=40798#comment-2491641 French teachers of English as a second language know the order, and drill their students on it: Quantité, Valeur / opinion, Taille, Température, Âge, Forme, Couleur, Origine, Matière.

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