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Adjective order in English

"beautiful long curved old red Italian steel racing car"
當形容詞的順序出現了疑惑...就要按照下列規則來排列了...第一次看到...很新鮮...中文應該沒有這種嚴謹的限制吧...
  1. Opinion or judgment -- beautiful, ugly, easy, fast, interesting
  2. Size -- small, tall, short, big
  3. Age -- young, old, new, historic, ancient
  4. Shape -- round, square, rectangular
  5. Color -- red, black, green, purple
  6. Nationality -- French, Asian, American, Canadian, Japanese
  7. Material -- wooden, metallic, plastic, glass, paper
  8. Purpose or Qualifier -- foldout sofa, fishing boat, racing car

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