Attributive adjectives provide descriptive information about a certain characteristic of the person, place, or object, such as its appearance, color, shape, size, age, origin, etc. For example:

Based on whether they appear before or after the noun they are modifying, attributive adjectives can be categorized as:

'Pre' means before, so as the name suggests, pre-positive adjectives can only appear before the noun they modify.

It is possible for attributive adjectives to come after the noun or (especially) the indefinite pronoun they modify. Because of this postposition, we call them postpositive adjectives or postnominal adjectives.

In English, postpositive adjectives are less common. They are used in archaic or poetic texts, phrases borrowed from Roman or Latin, and some fixed grammatical structures. Pay attention to the examples:

A predicative adjective (also called predicate adjective) follows a linking verb. They can take an adjective complement after them or appear alone. For example:

Adjectives are used to assign specific qualities or descriptions to nouns. However, when assigning more than one quality to a noun, there is a specific order in which the adjectives should be placed.

The order of adjectives is important when they are used consecutively without a comma (,) or 'and' separating them. When adjectives are separated by commas or 'and', the order becomes less important. However, when describing something or someone with multiple adjectives, the order in which they are placed is crucial.

The general rule for the order of adjectives before a noun is as follows:

Now let's look at an example. Note that it is not very common to use so many adjectives before a noun. This is just an example for you to see how this rule works:

Some adjectives describe a general opinion. We can use these adjectives to describe almost any noun.

Some adjectives describe a specific opinion. We only use these adjectives to describe particular kinds of nouns. For example, people, animals, food etc.

Usually, you put a general opinion before a specific opinion.

When we refer to the 'size' of a noun, we are describing its physical dimensions, such as how big or small it is, as well as its height, such as whether it is tall or short.
On the other hand, when we refer to the 'shape' of a noun, we are describing its physical form, such as whether it is round, oval, triangular, or another shape. Adjectives that describe shape can also include words that describe weight or length, such as long, fat, or heavy.

By 'purpose' we mean what the noun is used for.

Adjectives are used to describe nouns. So, there is not always only one adjective. Sometimes more than one is used. In this case, we need to know their correct orders.