In English, adjectives appear before the nouns they modify in a particular order:
Article or other determiner (
a,
an,
the,
most,
four)
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Evaluation or Judgment (
horrible,
special,
attractive)
Size (
big,
tiny)
Shape (
round,
oblong,
star-
shaped)
Age (
young,
middle-
aged)
Color (
silver,
blue)
Nationality (
Polish,
Mexican)
Religion (
Catholic,
Jewish)
Material (
wood,
steel,
silk)
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Noun
For example:
The big, star-shaped, silver ornament topped the tree.
A young Polish girl sent me this card.
Four big round cookies are in the blue silk bag.
TIP:
It is more effective to use no more than two or three adjectives when describing
a noun.
For more information about adjectives, see Book I, Ch. 8, Book II, Ch. 16, and Book III, Ch. 14.