Okay, so glancing at post I just put up… “Unlined recycled paper” versus “recycled unlined paper.” Which is correct? Or neither? (Maybe a comma is needed.)
As a native English speaker, your ears will (or should be able to) place your adjectives in the correct order 9.5 times out of 10. I remember that in Mr. McBride’s English class we learned that there are… oh… 5-8 “classes” of adjectives (can’t remember the exact number). Eg, in/definite articles, colors, numbers, etc… And the classes go in a certain order, ie, the in/definite article is first. If there are two or more adjectives from the same class, you separate the adjectives with commas…
Can anybody point me to a good reference for this rule offhand? I think I already packed up my grammar book. I probably shouldn’t be spending time googling this right now!
