Select the right sentence:
Correct answer: A. He opened the square red wooden box.
- A. He opened the square red wooden box.
- B. He opened the red square wooden box.
- C. He opened the wooden red square box.
- D. He opened the red wooden square box.
Explanation
The order of cumulative adjectives is as follows: quantity, opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, and purpose. But the correct option is A, He opened the square red wooden box.Because where a number of adjectives are used together, the order depends on the function of the adjective. Although the usual order is: Value/opinion, Size, Age/Temperature, Colour, Shape, Origin, and Material.
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