{"id":609,"date":"2016-02-22T04:23:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T09:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/?page_id=609"},"modified":"2016-02-22T04:43:05","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T09:43:05","slug":"ordering-multiple-adjectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/?page_id=609","title":{"rendered":"ORDERING MULTIPLE ADJECTIVES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/?page_id=513\">English Grammar<\/a>\u00a0&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/?page_id=594 \">Adjectives<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When a number of adjecties are used together, the order depends on the function of the adjective. The usual order is:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quantity, Value\/opinion, Size, Temperature, Age, Shape, Colour, Origin, Material<\/strong><\/p>\n<style><!--\n\t.demo {\nborder:1px solid #C0C0C0;\nborder-collapse:collapse;\npadding:5px;\n}\n.demo th {\nborder:1px solid #C0C0C0;\npadding:5px;\nbackground:#F0F0F0;\n}\n.demo td {\nborder:1px solid #C0C0C0;\npadding:5px;\n}\n--><\/style>\n<table class=\"demo\">\n<caption>\u00a0<\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>What the adjective expresses<\/th>\n<th>Examples<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Quantity<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0four, ten, a few, several<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Value\/Opinion<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0delicious, charming, beautiful<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Size<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0tall, tiny, huge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Temperature<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0hot, cold, warm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Age<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0old, young, new, 14-year-old<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Shape<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0square, round<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Color<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0red, green, blue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Origin<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Swedish, Victorian, Chinese<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Material<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0glass, silver, wooden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They have a <strong>lovely old red<\/strong> post-box.<\/li>\n<li>The playroom has<strong> six small round plastic<\/strong> tables.<\/li>\n<li>I bought<strong> some charming Victorian silver<\/strong> ornaments at the flea market.<\/li>\n<li>She is selling her <strong>flashy 3-year-old Italian<\/strong> car.<\/li>\n<li>It was a <strong>beautiful cold<\/strong> day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English Grammar\u00a0&gt;\u00a0Adjectives When a number of adjecties are used together, the order depends on the function of the adjective. The usual order is: Quantity, Value\/opinion, Size, Temperature, Age, Shape, Colour, Origin, Material \u00a0 What&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-609","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=609"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":615,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/609\/revisions\/615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}