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The Rules of English
May 19th, 2007

I found an interesting piece on a blog maintained by the Christian Science Monitor, dealing with the order of adjectives and adverbs, the unspoken ordering rules that dictate that one says “the broken red toy wagon” rather than “the toy red broken wagon.” It’s not an academic piece by any means, but it’s definitely an interesting look at some of the constructions we native speakers take for granted.

Don’t even get me started on the Christian Science Monitor itself, though. Trust me.

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