## Metadata - Author: [[Mark Forsyth]] - Full Title: The Elements of Eloquence - Category: #books ## Highlights - adjectives in English absolutely have to be in this order: opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose Noun. So you can have a lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife. But if you mess with that word order in the slightest you’ll sound like a maniac. It’s an odd thing that every English speaker uses that list, but almost none of us could write it out. ([Location 593](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00INIXG4I&location=593))