英語語法入門:形容詞的順序
He was a nice intelligent young man.
She had a small round black wooden box.
Opinion adjectives:
Food: tasty; delicious
Furniture, buildings: comfortable; uncomfortable
People, animals: clever; intelligent; friendly
Nice tasty soup.
A nasty uncomfortable armchair
A lovely intelligent animal
a nice red dress; a silly old man; those horrible yellow curtains
a handsome young man; a big black car; that horrible big dog
a nice handsome young man;
a big black American car;
that horrible big fierce dog
It is very unusual to have more than three adjectives.
annoyed; finished; bored; pleased; thrilled
Our teacher was ill.
My uncle was very glad when he heard the news.
The policeman seemed to be very annoyed
We had an ill teacher.
When he heard the news he was a very glad uncle
He seemed to be a very annoyed policeman
We say:
He lives in the eastern district.
There were countless problems with the new machinery.
but we do not say:
The district he lives in is eastern
The problems with the new machinery were countless.