Order of adjectives
Hello! Could you please help me with this. How to put adjectives concerning clothes before a noun?What goes after what? As I know, the common order is: opinion, size, colour, pattern, material. But what about texture (smooth, fluffy, lacy) and style (loose, baggy, tight)?
For example (I know it's a stupid one), how to put these adjectives correctly:
a tight lacy striped dress
a long loose fluffy skirt
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In those two examples you gave, you can mix the adjectives several ways - there is no hard rule.
I could equally say "a tight lacy striped dress" or "a lacy tight striped dress".
Sometimes though, I will lead with the adjective that I want to stress slightly more.
If the dress being lacy is slightly more important than the other descriptions, then I lead with that adjective:
"a lacy tight striped dress"
Similarly, if the skirt being loose was slightly more important to me, then I will say:
"a loose long fluffy skirt".
BUT, this is only a general observation. It is not mandatory that the first adjective is the most important. How you stress the words as you speak them becomes important. For example, if I say "a loose long fluffy skirt", I could place more emphasis on the word 'fluffy' as I speak it to make that the more important aspect.
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The link that Chris shared is very useful.
To my ear all of the styles that you mention should go before all of the textures that you mention.
Both styles and textures are types of shapes, which is one of the categories in the list at the link that Chris shared.
However, all of the styles relate to how an article of clothing fits on the body, while all of the textures relate to the structure of the material. When comparing those two categories, style is a type of size, while texture remains a type of shape. As the standard order of adjectives is size followed by shape, adjectives of style should go before adjectives of texture.
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Thank you! Спасибо!
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Не уверена, что в случае с описанием стиля работает , а вообще принцип - от самого субъективного к самому объективному признаку (неотъемлемому свойству) объекта.
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https://www.ef.com/ca/english-resources/english-grammar/ordering-multiple-adjectives/
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