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adjective order of material & origin #1 (permalink) Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:03 am   adjective order of material & origin
 

adj order
can u help me with this question?
in adj order : do we use origin before material
u know I was reading a book it is: SPECRUM 6
a good seri of english teaching books & in page 47 of this book in grammer part the book wrote that in adj order material comes before origin
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adjective order of material & origin #2 (permalink) Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:45 am   adjective order of material & origin
 

There seems to be a mistake in that book, Sama.
I think from the way you word your question that you probably know that 'origin' comes before 'material'
Determiner- a, an, her, five, many, much several etc.
Opinion - pretty, ugly, smart, cheap, etc.
Size - big, fat, thin, tall, large, small etc.
Shape - circle, square, tall, short etc.
Age - old, young 10 years, a year, a week, new etc.
Color - yellow, green, pink etc.
Origin - American, English, Asian, Middle Eastern, African, European, Chinese etc.
Material - cotton, wood, plastic, cloth, glass, gold etc.
Purpose/Qualifier - hat box, sleeping bag, computer table,safe island, football field.
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adjective order of material & origin #3 (permalink) Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:24 am   adjective order of material & origin
 

thanx alot f your answer
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