Every native English speaker knows this adjective order but likely never realised it. quantity opinion size age shape colour origin purpose
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Replying to @propensive
I think the count vs. mass noun distinction is even more striking because it's so simple yet native speakers don't realize it exists.
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Can you give me an example? Isn't it always obvious that something is a mass noun because it always uses the partitive article?
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Replying to @propensive @tpolecat
Notwithstanding the fact a majority of people these days say "less" when snobs like me would say "fewer"...
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