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  1. Zoe 💜 @[email protected] ·

    Following the standard adjective order in english, shouldn’t it be “mutant teenage ninja turtles”?

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  2. thinkStory @[email protected] ·

    #WritingTip #EditingTip

    #AdjectiveOrder: definitely a #GrammarRule I didn’t know I knew.

    #ReadersDigest tells us:

    Native English speakers naturally list adjectives in this order:

    1. Opinion
    2. Size
    3. Age
    4. Shape
    5. Color
    6. Origin
    7. Material
    8. Purpose

    rd.com/article/adjective-order

    So we can talk about a gorgeous small old concave blue Italian ceramic cooking pot, but not a concave old Italian blue gorgeous cooking ceramic small pot.

    Who knew? Did you?

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