1. Determiners: Articles (a, an, the), possessives (my, your, his), demonstratives (this, that, these, those), numbers (one, two, three)
2. Opinion: Describes personal feelings or judgments (beautiful, ugly, delicious, boring)
3. Size: Refers to physical size (small, large, tiny, gigantic)
4. Shape: Describes the form or outline (round, square, triangular, curved)
5. Age: Indicates how old something is (new, old, ancient, young)
6. Color: Refers to the hue (red, blue, green, purple)
7. Origin: Identifies where something comes from (American, Italian, French, Asian)
8. Material: Specifies what something is made of (wooden, plastic, silver, cotton)
9. Purpose: Indicates what the item is used for (sleeping, cooking, writing, swimming)
Example:
* That beautiful, large, round, old, red, Italian, wooden, cooking table
Key Points:
* Not all categories are always present: You don't need to use every category in every sentence.
* Commas are used to separate adjectives within the same category: "That beautiful, large table"
* Adjectives of the same category are often coordinated with "and": "That beautiful and large table"
* Some adjectives can shift categories depending on context: "Old" can be age or opinion depending on the sentence.
Exceptions:
* Adjectives describing the same thing come in the order they appear in the sentence: "A black and white cat."
* Some adjectives are fixed: "High school student," "French fries"
* Other languages may have different adjective ordering rules.
Remember, these are general guidelines, and there is always room for creativity and flexibility. The goal is to use adjective order in a way that is clear, logical, and grammatically correct.