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, Russian, Saudi, etc...
Material - Metal, plastic, rubber, etc...
Purpose - To transport people, to transport equipment, fly into space, etc...

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