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minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days ago ruby shoes that are red You mostly nailed it but this one would be “red ruby shoes” determiner, quantity, opinion, size, physical quality, shape, age, colour, origin, material, type, and purpose
minus-squareFlagstaff@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoWait. Where is this order from? I thought it was alphabetical or something.
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-219 hours agoIt’s just some mostly-unwritten rule of English grammar. If you do it wrong it sounds wrong but most English speakers don’t think about it. Edit: reference.
You mostly nailed it but this one would be “red ruby shoes”
determiner, quantity, opinion, size, physical quality, shape, age, colour, origin, material, type, and purpose
Wait. Where is this order from? I thought it was alphabetical or something.
It’s just some mostly-unwritten rule of English grammar. If you do it wrong it sounds wrong but most English speakers don’t think about it.
Edit: reference.