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(Things native English speakers know, but don't know we know, from MattAndersonBBC:

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.
And as size comes before colour, green great dragons can't exist.)



...those of you who are more serious writers and/or editors than I am, is that always the case? :)