Adjective Order "ANOSASCOMP"
What is Adjective Order?
When we write it is common to use more than one adjective before a noun — for example, “He's a silly young fool,” or “She's a smart, energetic woman.” Sometimes we use more than one adjective to describe a noun. When a number of adjectives are used together, the order depends on the function of the adjective. The usual order is: article (some people call this a determiner), number, opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material and purpose...or as I like to say... ANOSASCOMP Examples
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adjectives/order-adjectives |
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To remember the order of adjectives use this mnemonic device: ANOSASCOMP
a=article a, an, the,
n=number several, any number , many, few, dozen
o=opinion beautiful, difficult, easy, sweet
s=size tiny, gigantic, enormous, miniscule
a=age new, old, young, ancient, any number
s=shape oval, flat, round, circular, square
c=color pink, blue, orange, fushia
o=origin Chinese, American, Southern, Western,
m=material wood, plastic, paper, cloth, rubber
p=purpose sleeping, writing, baking, reading
a=article a, an, the,
n=number several, any number , many, few, dozen
o=opinion beautiful, difficult, easy, sweet
s=size tiny, gigantic, enormous, miniscule
a=age new, old, young, ancient, any number
s=shape oval, flat, round, circular, square
c=color pink, blue, orange, fushia
o=origin Chinese, American, Southern, Western,
m=material wood, plastic, paper, cloth, rubber
p=purpose sleeping, writing, baking, reading
Adjective Order Practice:
http://4thgradeela.weebly.com/ordering-adjectives.html
http://www.slideshare.net/nalaosra/order-of-adjectives-17994873
http://www.slideshare.net/sonirajesh99/adjective-order-9490453
http://www.slideshare.net/gabalon/the-order-of-adjectives
Try These...
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adjectives/order-adjectives
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adjord.htm
http://4thgradeela.weebly.com/ordering-adjectives.html
http://www.slideshare.net/nalaosra/order-of-adjectives-17994873
http://www.slideshare.net/sonirajesh99/adjective-order-9490453
http://www.slideshare.net/gabalon/the-order-of-adjectives
Try These...
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adjectives/order-adjectives
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adjord.htm