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, clean, hateful, hated,hopeless, famous, overrated, friendly,modest, fine, cute, ok, stupid |
big, small, slim tall, thin, imposing,tiny, little, light, microscopic, gigantic, enormous, dwarf, giant, huge, medium-sized, fat, slender, large |
old, new, aged young, teenaged ten-year-old out-of-date recent, modern, middle-aged ancient prehistorique antique Georgian, Victorian |
red, blue, lilac, burgundy, claret kaki, light-blue dark-red purple apricot, green, pink, grey, black, transparent, silver, golden, navy blue, azure
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French, American, Greek,Spanish, American-Indian Italian, foreign, European, Asian, Chinese, Portugese, Japanese, Israelite, Parisian, Londonian
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metal, wood, copper, silver, rock, gold, wool, rattan, bronze, leather, glass, plastic, velvet, steel, kashmir, ruby, emerald, diamond, stone, crystal |
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Exemples :
a good big old red French wood spoon
an expensive small new blue American earring