Sep 13, 2016
Mark Forsyth writes in his book, The Elements of Eloquence, adjectives are placed before the noun, strictly in this order:
opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose, Noun.
He says if you change this sequence, you will sound like a maniac.
To illustrate this point, Forsyth offers the following example: “a lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife”.
What do you think? Are you aware that subjective adjectives tend to appear further from the noun than concrete ones?
You would say boring French teacher rather than French boring teacher.
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Seymour Centre has 5 different Symposia for senior students this week.
The Merchant of Venice Symposium today, Monday 22 June
The Crucible & Henry V1 (Part 1)Symposiums both on Wed 24 June
Waiting for Godot on Thursday 25 June
The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll on Friday 26 June
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Mr Snotbottom in The Zombie Boogers: The Science of Snot, 5 Stars from Adelaide Fringe, incursion, Yrs 1-5. Melbourne based, but will travel. Also see Mr Snotbottom's Stinky, Silly Show , K-Yr 6.
Great for laughs, science and well being.
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Let's Build Treehouses, is the latest workshop from Workshops & Shows. Incursion, Yrs 1-4. Available in NSW & ACT.
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