[Grammar] ADJECTIVE ORDER

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juliant25

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Which one are the following adjective order are correct :

My boring old philosophy teacher

OR

My philosophy old boring teacher


Appreciate yr prompt reply
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SlickVic9000

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(not a teacher) The first one is correct. The second is not. You could get away with switching 'boring' and 'old', but 'philosophy' needs to stay next to 'teacher'.
 

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Which one [STRIKE]are[/STRIKE] of the following adjective orders [STRIKE]are[/STRIKE] is (verb refers back to "one") correct?

My boring old philosophy teacher.

OR

My philosophy old boring teacher.


I would appreciate [STRIKE]yr[/STRIKE] your prompt reply.
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As SlickVic said, the first is the natural order of adjectives. Please see the amendments I have made to your post in red. Remember to use a punctuation mark at the end of every sentence. Also, please use full English words ("yr" is not a word).
 

Rover_KE

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Your great title, juliant, enabled the software to find the Similar Threads below.

One of those gives this link to an excellent guide to adjective order.

Rover
 
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