Grammar pedants - help please.
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Oct 2024
10:29am, 3 Oct 2024
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sallykate
The longest list I can find is 10 types of adjectives dictionary.cambridge.org . I think it would be a struggle to come up with many more categories than that. I do like Mark Forsyth's books. |
Oct 2024
10:38am, 3 Oct 2024
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NordRunner
I found a list with nine. If you count determiners/quantifiers as adjectives you can add that on the front, e.g., «The one remaining … whittling knife …»
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Oct 2024
10:57am, 3 Oct 2024
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um
1 number 2 opinion 3 size 4 shape 5 texture 6 age 7 colour 8 pattern 9 origin 10 material 11 brand 12 purpose NOUN (from https://poligo.com/en/articles/idiom/order-adjectives-english) Or shorter, this handy chart |
Oct 2024
11:26am, 3 Oct 2024
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ChrisHB
I was taught that order of adjectives in German is the same as in English I wonder if that's still true with 10 categories. And how other languages' rules compare.
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Oct 2024
11:41am, 3 Oct 2024
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Cerrertonia
I've seen it said that French has the opposite order to English, but I don't know whether that's true. Also that Spanish doesn't really care about the order.
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Oct 2024
11:59am, 3 Oct 2024
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LindsD
I was taught Time, Manner, Place for German
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Oct 2024
11:59am, 3 Oct 2024
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LindsD
Oh. That's something completely different. As you were.
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Oct 2024
12:08pm, 3 Oct 2024
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ChrisHB
I nearly said that about time, manner, place!
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Oct 2024
12:08pm, 3 Oct 2024
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LindsD
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Oct 2024
12:10pm, 3 Oct 2024
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ChrisHB
Adjectives that change their meaning depending on whether they come before or after the noun add another level of fun.(ancient in French, for example)
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