Sunday, November 2, 2014

Order and Punctuation of Adjectives

1. Order of Adjectives

Predeterminer
number
pronoun
Article
General
Adjective
Size
Shape
Age
Color
Origin
Noun as
ADJ
Material
Noun As
ADJ
Non-
Material
Noun
Most of
the
pretty
little
round
antique
white
Mayan
rubber
flower
toys
Some
a
beautiful
 
 
 
 
 
leather
 
vase


2. Using Commas or "and" Between Adjectives

When two or three adjectives are used before a noun, each of which belongs to a different class (size, age, etc.), it is usually not necessary to separate the adjectives with commas.  But when there are two adjectives of the same class, they should generally be separated with commas:
ex) a big red European automobile vs. a deep, peaceful sleep




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