Word Order in English Sentences by Williams Phil

Author:Williams, Phil [Williams, Phil]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: English Lessons Brighton
Published: 2016-02-24T16:00:00+00:00

If you use and for a list of adjectives, the adjective word order can be changed to put emphasis on the final adjective (particularly useful to show opinion).

They entered a disgusting, dreary, dark sewer.

They entered a dark, dreary and disgusting sewer.

6.6 Adjectives and Adverbs

Adjectives are sometimes modified by adverbs – when this happens, the adverb comes before the adjective .

It was a creepily dark corridor.

With more than one adjective, the adverb should come directly before the adjective it modifies .

He was an oddly quiet and humble man.

We got on the old, badly painted bus.

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