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adjective order
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aydin1362
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adjective order
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Hi everybody, Can you please help me out! Which is right? And why? He has a long fat face. He has a fat long face. |
21 May 2017
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maryse pey�
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Well, I have found in a book for TOEFL and TOEIC preparation this order of given adjectives.:
OPINION - SIZE - AGE - SHAPE - COLOR - ORIGIN - MATERIAL - PURPOSE
If we consider LONG as a size adjective and FAT as a SHAPE one I would say that "a long fat face" sounds best.
Do our colleagues agree with that ? |
21 May 2017
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aydin1362
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Thanks indeed! Very helpful!
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21 May 2017
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ldthemagicman
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Dear Aydin and Maryse, I agree: "He has a long fat face." �Long� = Size; �Fat� = Shape. I have seen the following �silly word � given as a way to remember Adjective Order in English. ADJECTIVE ORDER = "OSASCOMP" (Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Colour, Origin, Material, Purpose) Or, an even sillier sentence to help you remember, which I have just written: "Open scissors against shaped column, originally matched purple." I know that some Teachers think that remembering silly little sentences ... "Thirty days has September ..." "If a word begins with the sound of a vowel, use �an� not �a� " ... "Stalactites and Stalagmites: When the mites go UP, the tights come DOWN ...", etc. is a ridiculous way to learn. If they think in this way, they are unaware that it is one of the CLASSIC WAYS OF LEARNING. This system has been used effectively for CENTURIES. Les Douglas |
21 May 2017
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ninon100
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Speaking of which, dear Les, how do we remember the colours of the rainbow? Is there a rhyme or magic phrase for that? |
22 May 2017
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ldthemagicman
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Dear Ninon, I �m delighted to help you! "Richard of York gave battle in vain!" "Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet" I hope that this helps. Les (What a lovely family you have! |
22 May 2017
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ldthemagicman
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Ninon, Also, tell your children, while drawing the first letter with your finger in the air: A camel with one hump is a Dromedary.
A camel with two humps is a
Bactrian.
(And a camel with three humps is called:
HUMPHREY.) |
22 May 2017
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ninon100
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Thank you so much, I had no idea you could remember it so easily :) Yeah, my kids are grown up now, 13 and 9! You are a treasury, Les... |
22 May 2017
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ldthemagicman
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In the same way: "How can can I tell the difference between an Indian elephant and an African elephant? 1) An Indian elephant has Insignificant, India-shaped ears. 2) An African elephant has Ample, Africa-shaped ears. Les
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22 May 2017
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yanogator
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In the US, we use the fictional name Roy G. Biv to remember the colors of the rainbow. Bruce |
22 May 2017
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