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USE OF MULTIPLE ADJECTIVES

How many times have we found wanting to describe an event, person, thing, etc... with more than just one adjective? I would say there have been plenty of times when you may have done so. Let's take a look at the picture below. One could simply say "That's a big aircraft". You would not be wrong. However, there are more adjectives that can be used.  Source:  https://pixabay.com/en/space-shuttle-atlantis-landing-1045258/ You would probably start asking "What adjectives could I use, and what order would I put these adjectives?". The answer to what adjectives? Any. What order? Ahhhh, here's the key. When using adjectives the order is the following: Determiner/Quantity - a, an, his, my, many, several, etc... Opinion/attitude - nice, exciting, beautiful, etc... Size - little, big, fat, etc... Shape - round, square, triangular, etc... Age - 10 years old, really old, really young, etc... Color - Red, white, blue, etc.... Origin - American, Ru