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Yes. Mathematically, it looks more like this: (great (green dragon)). Or to add to the list of adjectives: (roaring (great (green dragon))) using BNF, you mig
by antimagic 12y ago
Yes. Mathematically, it looks more like this:
(great (green dragon)). Or to add to the list of adjectives:
(roaring (great (green dragon)))
using BNF, you might say something like
[noun] := [adjective] [noun]
But this is not what the original post is getting at. For some reason, if you want to describe a house as being big and red, you must(1) use "big red house", and not "red big house".
1) Whereby "must" I actually mean in the vast majority of cases. There are always twisted counter examples, like:
"Aaron: Wow, look at all of those big houses - aren't they so much prettier than the little houses!
Betty: Well, mostly, but if you look at the red big house, it's actually much uglier than even the little houses"
This counter example (mostly) works because Aaron first identifies "big houses" as being a noun group, so Betty can adjust the noun group with the red adjective.