Position and order of adjectives- Adjectives can come before a noun (attributive adjectives). They can also come after linking verbs (predicative adjectives): appear, be, become, feel, get, grow, keep, look, seem, smell, sound, stay, taste, turn:
She's an intelligent woman.
In the summer it gets hot.
The leaves of the trees turned red and brownin autumn.
- Some adjectives can only come before a noun: chief, elder, indoor, inner, live, main, only, outdoor, outer, principle: it was a live concert.
- Some adjectives can only come after a verb:
fine, ill, (un)well: A: How is she? B:She's fine.
afraid, alike, alive, alone, asleep, awake: He was alone and felt frightened.
glad, sorry, upset: You seem upset. What's wrong?
- We don't usually use commas between the adjectives before a noun:
an ugly concrete building.
- If there are two adjectives of the same type before the noun, we can join them with and When there are more than two adjectives, we use commas and and before the last adjective. The order of adjectives is usually not important in these cases:
it's a violent and shocking movie. = it's a shocking and violent movie.
She wants a stable, warm and loving relationship.
- We always use and to join two color adjectives and after linking verbs:
The boy wore a red and blue shirt. It's small and lightweight. I feel cold and tired.
- When there is more than one adjective before a noun, we use them in this order:
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