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Did that sound right to you? It does to me.
As a native (U.S.) English speaker, I was of course not taught that there is a rule guideline to how we order adjectives -- but ESL students are taught a rule.
As I was lay awake this morning I thought about this. I think the above is in accordance with the rule.
But what if I drop the "large" -- I would describe it as a "fluffy, red sweater" rather than a "red, fluffy sweater".
I know there are many highly fluent non-native English speakers in the room -- what does your experience tell you?
Can both be "correct"? Is there a nuance to the rule which swaps these? If both size and color are specified, do they gravitate together?
(And don't get me started on separating adjectives with COMMAs.)
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Does it have the answer? If so, please post a quote of it.
Nothing I've seen online so far has resolved my curiosity.
I.e. I ain't clicking that.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: I ain't clicking that.
Your loss. It's a nice little piece and it's safe (AFAIK BBC doesn't harbour dangerous stuff).
Fluffy read sweater it is 
Quote: The order of adjectives, according to the book's author Mark Forsyth, has to be: opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose.
Mircea
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Mircea Neacsu wrote: Mark Forsyth
Then I've already read it. And it does not answer my question.
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Quote: The order of adjectives, according to the book's author Mark Forsyth, has to be: opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose.
So does "fluffy" count as opinion ("fluffy large red sweater" / "fluffy red sweater") or material ("large red fluffy sweater" / "red fluffy sweater")? 
"Fluffy large red" feels wrong to me. But "fluffy red" feels more righterish than "red fluffy".
Sometimes I think 90% of the English language was invented to torture ESL students! 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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My vote goes to 'fluffy large red sweater' but my vote doesn't count as I'm not a native and, no matter how much I enjoy learning the intricacies of this million-word mastodon, I'll never have a native's feeling (or accent) for it
Richard Deeming wrote: Sometimes I think 90% of the English language was invented to torture ESL students!
As I've said in a previous message, not long ago, English doesn't properly have a grammar: more a collection of use cases and exceptions
Mircea
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Mircea Neacsu wrote: use cases and exceptions
Mostly exceptions. 
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Mircea Neacsu wrote: a collection of use cases and exceptions
On that, we agree.
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Don't think of them as exceptions. Think of them as corner cases
"A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants"
Chuckles the clown
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Even if so, why does it seem (to me at least) that they should swap positions in this case? </rhetorical>
I don't see "fluffy" as opinion or material. Where does texture go in the order?
Richard Deeming wrote: "Fluffy large red" feels wrong to me. But "fluffy red" feels more righterish than "red fluffy"
So I guess I'm not alone anyway.
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P.S. Not really as a response to you, but as further thought your response have provoked.
Regarding "green great dragon": If the writer has established "great dragon" as a thing, then I can see "green great dragon" being acceptable.
The castle is guarded by three great dragons. The main drawbridge is guarded by a green great dragon. Upon the keep sits a red great dragon, watching all directions. And deep in the dungeon lurks a blue great dragon.
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Doesn’t that make “great dragon” more of a title than an attribute, like in “grand master”? Just a thought.
Mircea
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I saw this quote in the comments on an article about "AI" failing an IQ test:
Considering what actual stupidity has brought us to, I'm not at all cheered by the idea that now we’re going to add in artificial stupidity with a lot of money behind it.
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That's how it gets you, playing dumb while keeping track of everything. At some point in the future WHAM! we're all slaves to the artificial overmind.
Maybe the Terminator movies got it right? Maybe there is no avoiding SkyNet?
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It's the time of the year when music stream send you your yearly summary.
My top 7 artists :
Pete Namlook
Marillion.
ABBA (because of the Mama Mia! soundtrack)
Atom(tm)
Heilung
Genesis
Moby
And a crap ton of other artists.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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I thought you were going to tell us you mastered the guitar or something.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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My report was:
The Warning
The Pretty Reckless
Wet Leg
Faun
Battlesnake
But this doesn't reflect what I listened to on YouTube and my ripped CDs which I listen to more often. It would be cool (Ok unpopular) if the stats could be compiled from all sources.
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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I've been in the top 0.5% listeners of Arch Enemy 
My top 5 artists were:
1) Arch Enemy
2) Epica
3) Gloryhammer
4) Amon Amarth
5) Children of Bodom
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
The shortest horror story: On Error Resume Next
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Maximilien wrote: Moby
Met him once. Seemed like an alright guy. Was cool and down to earth. I asked him for the time. He gave it to me.
Jeremy Falcon
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Mine:
UserNotFoundException
None of the streamers have anything on me. It works to our mutual benefit.
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