Adjectives
En anglais il y a souvent plusieurs adjectifs dans un groupe nominal, le problème se pose pour savoir dans quel ordre il faut les placer.
Il y a un moyen de se rappeler facilement OTACOM.
| OPINION | TAILLE | AGE | COULEUR | ORIGINE | MATIERE |
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good, bad, expensive, beautiful, nervous, ugly, soft, speedy, fast, dirty, intelligent, stupid,
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big, small, slim tall, thin, imposing, tiny, little, light, microscopic, gigantic, enormous |
old, new, aged young, teenaged ten-year-old out-of-date recent, modern ancient, prehistoric |
red, blue, lilac, burgundy, claret, kaki, light-blue, dark-red, purple, apricot
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French, American, Greek, Spanish, American-Indian Italian, foreign, European, Asian
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metal, wood, copper, silver, rock, gold, wool, rattan, glass, plastic, velvet, cotton, rubber, silk, synthetic, carbon, steel, |
a good big old red French spoon
an expensive small new blue metal earring