Stupid Findings #243: The Royal Order of Adjectives

(stolen from here)

This rule dictates the specific order in which adjectives should be arranged in a sentence, and native speakers follow it instinctively without being taught. The order is:

Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Color, Origin, Material, Purpose, Noun.

For example: A lovely small old square brown French leather handbag.

It sounds wrong if you deviate from this order, but many people aren’t consciously aware of it!

When you say: A lovely small old square French leather brown handbag. Other naive speakers will wonder what French-leather is.

Edit: Like all “rules”, sometimes they aren’t followed.