a. Sometimes we use more than one adjective in front of a noun. (e.g. He was a nice intelligent young man. She had a small round black wooden box.)
b. Opinion adjectives
c. Some adjectives give a general opinion. We can use these adjectives to describe almost any noun: good, bad, lovely, strange, beautiful, nice, brilliant, excellent, awful, important, wonderful, nasty
d. Some adjectives give a specific opinion. We only use these adjectives to describe particular kinds of noun: Food: tasty, delicious; Furniture, buildings: comfortable, uncomfortable; People, animals: clever, intelligent, friendly
e. We usually put a general opinion in front of a specific opinion. (e.g. Nice tasty soup.)
f. often have two adjectives in front of a noun. (e.g. a handsome young man)
g. Sometimes we have three adjectives, but this is unusual. (e.g. a nice handsome young man)
h. Adjectives usually come in this order: General opinion + Specific opinion Size + Shape Age + Colour + Nationality + Material
i. We use some adjectives only after a link verb: afraid, alive, alone, asleep, content, glad, ill, ready, sorry, sure, unable, well (e.g. Our teacher was ill. (not We had an ill teacher.) My uncle was very glad when he heard the news. (not When he heard the news he was a very glad uncle.))
j. Some of the commonest ‘-ed’ adjectives are normally used only after a link verb: annoyed, finished, bored, pleased, thrilled (e.g. The policeman seemed to be very annoyed. (not He seemed to be a very annoyed policeman.))
k. A few adjectives are used only in front of a noun: north, south, east, west, northern, southern, eastern, western, countless, occasional, lone, eventful, indoor, outdoor (e.g. We can say: He lives in the eastern district. But we do not say: The district he lives in is eastern.
Idiom 365
Skid Row: the rundown area of a city where the homeless and drug users live.
Example: Tom's drinking was getting worse, we thought he will head for skid row soon.