top | item 38026336 (no title) 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... discuss order hn newest 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 purposeI 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 This is why I love Hacker News. Thousands of experts in thousands of topics. (Not sarcasm) load replies (1)
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 purposeI 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 This is why I love Hacker News. Thousands of experts in thousands of topics. (Not sarcasm) load replies (1)
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jpsouth|2 years ago
> 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