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volfied | 2 years ago

> But it isn't. There's a rule. The rule is that multiple adjectives are always ranked accordingly: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose.

https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/13/senten...

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jpsouth|2 years ago

I based my comment off the Cambridge dictionary, which specifies the order as

> Opinion, size, physical quality, shape, age, colour, origin, material, type and purpose

I think loud is a physical quality, and big is the size so I think the ‘more valid’ way is the latter that I posted, isn’t it?

foxyv|2 years ago

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