The order of adjectives: opinion and length
I have studied in most grammar books that adjectives that express opinion, such as wonderful, attractive and lovely come before other descriptive adjectives. But in the following construction, you will notice that the length adjective short came before the opinion adjective ugly.
Mr. Wilson is a short ugly man.
I am just wondering why the speaker used this order. Is it a matter of taste for a native speaker to say it this way? Or is there another interpretation for this?
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I have studied in most grammar books that adjectives that express opinion, such as wonderful, attractive and lovely come before other descriptive adjectives. But in the following construction, you will notice that the length adjective short came before the opinion adjective ugly.
Mr. Wilson is a short ugly man.
I am just wondering why the speaker used this order. Is it a matter of taste for a native speaker to say it this way? Or is there another interpretation for this?
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Mido Mido
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I have studied in most grammar books that adjectives that express opinion, such as wonderful, attractive and lovely come before other descriptive adjectives. But in the following construction, you will notice that the length adjective short came before the opinion adjective ugly.
Mr. Wilson is a short ugly man.
I am just wondering why the speaker used this order. Is it a matter of taste for a native speaker to say it this way? Or is there another interpretation for this?
adjectives
asked 15 mins ago
Mido Mido
438716
I have studied in most grammar books that adjectives that express opinion, such as wonderful, attractive and lovely come before other descriptive adjectives. But in the following construction, you will notice that the length adjective short came before the opinion adjective ugly.
Mr. Wilson is a short ugly man.
I am just wondering why the speaker used this order. Is it a matter of taste for a native speaker to say it this way? Or is there another interpretation for this?
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adjectives
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Mido Mido
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Mido Mido
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Mido Mido
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