WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

Adjectives like new/large/round/wooden are FACT adjectives.

(They give us factual information about age, size, colour, etc.)
Adjectives like nice/beautiful/ugl are OPINION adjectives.
(They tell us w!at "omebod t!in#" of something or somebody.)
OPIIO adjectives usually go be!ore "A#T adjectives$
a nice long summer holiday, an interesting young man,
a delicious hot vegetable sou%, a beauti!ul large round &ooden table
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a large brand)ne& blue Italian &oollen jum%er
COLOUR ORIGIN MATERIAL PURPOSE $O%$
red '%anish leather riding boots
a bro&n *erman beer mug
a +enetian glass !lo&er vase
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beauti!ul old bro&n "rench handmade cu%board
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"I-'T, ./T and 0A'T most o!ten go be!ore one& two& t!ree, etc.
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O) a ring (goldAunusual) NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
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Q) a house (oldAuglyATurkish) NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
R) gloves (blackAcom!ortableAleather) NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
S) a !ilm (interestingAAmericanAold) NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
T) a !ace (longAthinAgood)looking) NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
U) clouds (!righteningAbigAblack) NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
V) a day (lovelyAsunnyAha%%y) NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
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