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The order of adjectives was never taught in K-12. It seems to be followed naturally by native English speakers without much thought until the order isn't follow
by Onawa 2y ago
The order of adjectives was never taught in K-12. It seems to be followed naturally by native English speakers without much thought until the order isn't followed. Then it sounds weird but most native speakers wouldn't be able to tell you why.
- jazzyjackson 2y agoafaik Grammar is an attempt to systematize how native speakers speak, descriptive rather than prescriptive and so on. Tho maybe with writing there’s a feedback loop, and more instances where corrections are in order than colloquial speech.
- shermantanktop 2y agoThat’s why learning foreign languages is useful. You can’t really understand grammar if your native language never requires you to think about it.
- ksp-atlas 2y agoIndeed, learning German helped me notice some features of English that I haven't noticed before, it helps that both are West Germanic languages
- ForOldHack 2y agoIt was not. It woke me up in English 1A in college. Almost all native English speakers it comes naturally because it sounds right, and you can hear it in non-native speakers. Fresh in college I went to another non-native county. I was not facile.