The rule is that if the adjectives fall into the same category (both colors, for example), then use a comma. Related to this idea of ordering adjectives is the question of which ones need commas to separate them. Material: (cardboard, polyester, paper, metal)
“My fifty-year-old brother” but “My brother is fifty years old.” Shape: (round, misshapen, skinny, elongated)Īge: (new, antique, fifty-year-old) Notice that the adjective “fifty-year-old” does not put an “s” on year because all adjectives are singular. Notice that every adjective is singular (three-inch, not three-inches) even if the word it describes is plural. Size: (large, small, three-inch-long, two-liter) The hyphens are used to create words that don’t exist in English. Subjective description: (slow, ugly, easy, delicious) These adjectives can be considered opinions of the speaker or writer.
Plural nouns do not use “a” and “an” but may use the other determiners. Most singular nouns in English are preceded by either an article, a possessive noun or adjective, or a demonstrative adjective. The list below begins with adjectives placed farthest away from the noun (Determiners) to those placed nearest to the noun (Specifiers).ĭeterminers: Which one (the, a, an, my, her, this, that, these, those). It’s called the Royal Order of Adjectives-an imperious name for an ordering system.
You say “new red book,” and yes, there is a rule.
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