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Julia*
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Word Order
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Hello dear colleagues,
I need your help and the point is, I �m working at the moment with the grammar topic - word order: adjective + noun. According to the rule opinion adjectives (nice, beautiful) go before fact adjectives (sunny, hot, young) and there is a certain word order for fact adjectives: size-age-shape-colour-from where- made of.
I have a problem with one word combination
a cold day (rainy)
I �ve placed the adj. like this - a cold rainy day ,
these are 2 fact adj. , but according to the rule of word order for fact adj. there is no explanation why these 2 adj. should be placed like this or the other way.
I would grateful if you can help me to explain word order in this word combination.
Thanks in advance!
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14 Jun 2010
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colibrita
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What an interesting question, something I �ve never thought about before.
Well, I did some digging and I found that apparently adjectives for temperature precede those concerning humidity!
http://www.fortunecity.com/bally/durrus/153/gramch21.html
And then halfway down is a long list of the order of attributive adjectives.
Best wishes
La Colibrita
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14 Jun 2010
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MarionG
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Colibrita�s link is very useful indeed, but about cold and rainy, i would just explain it this way...
What is cold for me here (in Jerusalem) isn �t what my parents in Holland consider cold....
�cold � is subjective so i would put it in front of rainy........... |
14 Jun 2010
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Julia*
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Thanks a lot colibrita!!! The link is amazing!!! You �ve helped me a lot with this puzzling question!
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14 Jun 2010
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yanogator
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To me it would sound more natural to say, "It was a cold and rainy day."
Bruce |
14 Jun 2010
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yolprica
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Should we use "and" to join the adjectives before the noun?
Yolanda |
14 Jun 2010
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bluebird4
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You can use "and" if you want to.
Some people might say, "It was a cold, rainy day," and others might say, "It was a cold and rainy day."
Either way is fine.
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15 Jun 2010
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