2014-10-03 Structure: order of adjectives

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Homework: p. 125 exercise 1 and p. 126 exercise 2
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exercise 1
2 Y (with "some" I expect a yes answer to the question)
3 N (incorrect)
4 N (changes meaning)
5 N (incorrect or changes meaning to "small vendors")
6 N (changes meaning)
7 Y (we can use "much", "a lot", "far", "a great deal" with comparatives)
8 N (incorrect)
9 Y
10 N (incorrect: "a great deal"=noncount, changes meaning: "most">50%)
11 N (incorrect)
12 N (changes meaning)
exercise 2
2 any
3 less
4 some
5 number of
6 a lot of
7 many
8 few ("never had to stand" = a very small number of problems, if any)
9 little (= very small amount of patience)
10 a little
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TEST:
add articles (a/an or the) into the paragraphs where necessary

second paragraph: "Haiti was hit by"
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The house is big. The house is old.
= It is a big old house. (size before age)

It is a red car. It is a new car.
= It is a new red car. (age before color)

It is a round table. It is a green table.
= It is a round green table. (shape before color)

It is a round table. It is an old table.
= It is an old round table. (age before shape)

It is a green vase. It is a Chinese vase.
= It is a green Chinese vase. (color before origin)

It is a European house. It is a brick house.
= It is a European brick house. (origin before material)
It is an Italian marble floor.

It is a beautiful house. It is a big house.
= It is a beautiful big house. (opinion before size)
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Opinion
Size
Age/Temperature
Shape
Color
Origin (includes level and social class)
Material

Note:
Sometimes an adjective becomes more fundamental when it is part of the noun, such as the name for a specific species (e.g. North American black bear)
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Homework: handout p. 193 (all)