Order of cumulative adjectives
FIRST |
ARTICLE OR OTHER NOUN MARKER a, an, the, her, Joe’s, two, many, some |
EVALUATIVE WORD attractive, dedicated, delicious, ugly |
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SIZE large, enormous, small, little |
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LENGTH OR SHAPE long, short, round, square |
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AGE new, old, young, antique |
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COLOR yellow, blue, crimson |
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NATIONALITY French, Peruvian, Vietnamese |
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RELIGION Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim |
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MATERIAL silver, walnut, wood, marble |
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LAST |
NOUN/ADJECTIVE tree (as in tree house) |
THE NOUN MODIFIED house, sweater, bicycle, bread, woman, priest |
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