Question
Can you please clarify to me the rule regarding adjective order?
I have long, black, curly hair OR
I have long, curly, black hair ???
You can refuse to be tested orally only once. (or You can decide to excuse for not being tested orally only once)
I don't know how to express it.
I have long, black, curly hair OR
I have long, curly, black hair ???
You can refuse to be tested orally only once. (or You can decide to excuse for not being tested orally only once)
I don't know how to express it.
Answers
Writeacher
<b>Both work just fine.</b>
I have long, black, curly hair.
I have long, curly, black hair.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm See #5.
and
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adjectives.htm
Scroll down to The Order of Adjectives...
<b>This is fine:</b>
You can refuse to be tested orally only once.
I have long, black, curly hair.
I have long, curly, black hair.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm See #5.
and
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adjectives.htm
Scroll down to The Order of Adjectives...
<b>This is fine:</b>
You can refuse to be tested orally only once.