形容詞使用次序 – 由John 張提供
形容詞不能亂放,要跟隨一套排列次序:
- 限定詞(determiner)或 冠詞(article)
determiner 例:this, that, these, those, my, mine, your, yours, him, his, her, hers, they, their, Sam’s ; 或
article – a, an, the - 表達看法、主張、見解、意見 ── 例:polite, fun, cute, difficult, hard-working
- 尺碼大小、比較級 ── 例:高度 ── tall, taller, tallest; short, high, low
濶度 ── wide, wider, widest; narrow, thin, slim
長度 ── long, longer, longest; short
體積 ── fat, fatter, fattest; huge - 形狀 ── 例:circular, oval, triangular, square, 5-sided, hexagonal, irregular
- 年齡、年代 ── 例:new, young, adolescent, teenage, middle-aged, old, ancient
- 顏色 ── 例:red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, white, grey, black, black and white, light blue, dark red, pale blue, reddish brown, off-white, bright green, warm yellow
- 國籍 ── 例:Chinese, English, American, Canadian, Japanese
- 宗教 ── 例:Buddhist, Taoist, Christian, Moslem (Muslim), pagan, atheist
- 物質 ── 例:wood, plastic, metal, ceramic, paper, silk
- 當作形容詞用的名詞 ── 例:campus (e.g. campus activities)
- 形容詞修飾的名詞 ── 例:activities
要寫包括所有上述11項形容詞的句子並不容易;即使可以寫,句子也會很長很不自然,風格欠佳。
通常來說,一個句子最多用5個形容詞。例:
Have you seen my beautiful (2) new(5) cream(6) silk(9) wedding dress?
It’s long (3) and curving(4), and is in western(7) Christian(8) style.