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grondin t1_iyb1atl wrote

Wait until you learn the English order of adjectives!

edit: not just English. TIL! :-)

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johndburger t1_iyb2ifw wrote

That’s fun, but there’s actually reason to believe that adjective ordering really is based on more than simple convention. In particular it seems to hold across many different languages.

https://medium.com/ontologik/the-universal-adjective-ordering-mystery-not-a-mystery-c10614e50761

Edit: The Chomsky Universal Grammar stuff in that article is bullshit though.

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