from a book called The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase.
Adjectives, writes the author, professional stickler Mark Forsyth, “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 order in the slightest you’ll sound like a maniac.”
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-non-english-speakers-are-taught-this-crazy-english-grammar-rule-you-know-but-have-never-heard-of
