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That always reminds me of Tolkien's complaint that he was told one could not say "a green great dragon", but had to say "a great green dragon".

• kijin 14y ago
  That's when a fantasy novelist just goes ahead and creates a species called "greatdragon" so he can say "a green greatdragon" with impunity.
  • jcrites 14y ago
    And indeed, "a green greatdragon" sounds quite fine :-)
• elbear 14y ago
  The most voted answer on StackOverflow mentions Tolkien.