Order of cumulative adjectives

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

SIZE large, enormous, small, little

LENGTH OR SHAPE long, short, round, square

AGE new, old, young, antique

COLOR yellow, blue, crimson

NATIONALITY French, Peruvian, Vietnamese

RELIGION Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim

MATERIAL silver, walnut, wood, marble

LAST

NOUN/ADJECTIVE tree (as in tree house)

THE NOUN MODIFIED house, sweater, bicycle, bread, woman, priest

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