Hello, I'd like you to help me.
Why and what is the difference in order of adjectives between Cambridge and Oxford? Oxford: opinion, size, age, shape,...
Cambridge: opinion, size, shape, age,...
What does this mean? Can we do bothways or what? I am baffled, I admit.
6 years ago
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6 years ago
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reply to tasha0705's post #1
I didn't even know that Cambridge and Oxford didn't agree on this! In any case you don't often have age and shape in the same sentence, but as a native speaker I would say something like this:- An expensive modern German car.
- A funny green cotton cap.
Here is a table which might help you:
How much/many? | What’s it like? | How big? | What shape? | How old? | What colour? | What’s the pattern? | Where’s it from? | What’s it made of? | What is it? |
a/an | beautiful | little | square | old | pale red | check | French | silk | scarf |
one | nice | small | round | new | light yellow | striped | English | cotton | blouse |
three | ugly | medium-size | oval | modern | bright green | plain | Japanese | wooden | desk |
some | clean | average-sized | rectangular | antique | dark blue | flowered | German | leather | car |
a few | dirty | large | pointed | 19th century | brown | spotted | Italian | gold | house |
several | cheap | big | triangular | 1930s | black | Roman | metal | box | |
a lot of | expensive | white | Parisian | paper |