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I'm curious how that would apply in this case Imagine a restaurant that sells french fries. They offer two kinds of fries, one with physically large fries (like
by tzs 2y ago
I'm curious how that would apply in this case Imagine a restaurant that sells french fries. They offer two kinds of fries, one with physically large fries (like steak fries) and the other with physically small fries (like shoestring fries). They call these "large" fries and "small" fries.
You can order a large quantity of fries or a small quantity of fries, giving 4 possible orders: large large fries, large small fries, small large fries, and small small fries.
If an order of large small fries asking for a large quantity of the shoestring fries or a small quantity of the steak fries?
I think I'd expect it to mean a large quantity of the shoestring fries.
- helsinkiandrew 2y agoThe quantity (large or small) isn’t an adjective it’s a determiner (like John’s, my, the restaurants, a plate of) so comes before.
- LeoPanthera 2y agoRegardless of the “rules” of English, or any other language, clarity comes first. So you’d probably find different adjectives, or possibly even invent new ones. Perhaps something like “jumbo fries” or “mini fries” or something more creative.
- losvedir 2y agoAs a native English speaker, "I'll have a large small fries" pretty clearly means a large quantity of small type fries to me. It's the kind of thing you'd say sort of jokingly, but I don't think anyone would really struggle with understanding it.