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The Royal Order of Adjectives establishes a standard order for adjectives placed before nouns in English. The order is: determiner, opinion, size, shape, age, color, origin, material, and qualifier or purpose. When using multiple adjectives, they must be in this order. For example, it would be "little brown house" not "brown little house" since size comes before color. Failing to follow the royal order could result in unintended meanings or misunderstandings.
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