17th January

17th January 2021 … Wat. 17th January 2019 “The rule is that multiple adjectives are always ranked accordingly: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose. ” I don’t remember this as something being explicitly taught, and have probably made a few blunders. I don’t even know if I am saying it properly now. Ah! The joy of learning English. Order force: the old grammar rule we all obey without realising | Tim Dowling | The Guardian I had no idea there was a specific order for adjectives until I read a viral post. It was a side-of-the-mallet moment https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/13/sentence-order-adjectives-rule-elements-of-eloquence-dictionary?CMP=share_btn_fb Continue Reading