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minus-squareTheHarpyEagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 months agoThere’s actually a “proper” order of adjectives in English! https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/In-a-Word/2021/0921/Explaining-the-royal-order-of-adjective-placement It’s not something ever learn directly, but nonetheless we all seem to inherently know it. Why this order? Who knows! It’s one of many weird quirks of our language (and some others). It’s certainly a hard thing for non-native speakers to pick up on.
There’s actually a “proper” order of adjectives in English!
https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/In-a-Word/2021/0921/Explaining-the-royal-order-of-adjective-placement
It’s not something ever learn directly, but nonetheless we all seem to inherently know it. Why this order? Who knows! It’s one of many weird quirks of our language (and some others). It’s certainly a hard thing for non-native speakers to pick up on.