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Adjectives and Adverbs > Word order: adjectives
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Adjectives usually go before the noun they describe. When there are several adjectives the order is:
1. Opinion adjectives usually go before fact adjectives
- a beautiful, golden ring
- a pretty, young girl
2. Adjectives of colour, origin, material and purpose usually go in that order:
Size - age - colour - origin - material - purpose
- a small black metal box
- an old English book
- a new brown jacket
3. Numbers usually go before adjectives.
Some adjectives are seldom or never used before the noun they describe:
Afraid, alight, alike, alive, alone, ashamed, asleep, awake, aware.
- The children were awake. (not - The awake children)
Some adjectives when they describe feelings and health are not used before the noun:
Fine, glad, content, ill, sorry, unsure, sure, upset, well
Note: “sick” can be used before the noun.
- The woman who was ill. (not the ill woman)
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