Undressing Figures of Speech

The disorder of words.

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There’s an order to adjectives in English that is so deeply entrenched in your thinking, the only reason to study it—is to shatter it.

Opinion. Size. Age. Shape. Color. Origin. Material. Purpose.

Even if you’ve never consciously considered the order of adjectives, if you’re a native speaker, you’ve learned to follow the rule. Try it out f…