• Lmaydev@programming.dev
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    7 months ago

    It’s just one of those secret rules that we all pickup and use when it’s our first language.

    Like the order of adjectives.

    • Zagorath@aussie.zone
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      7 months ago

      Yeah for sure it is. The biggest difference is that there’s a fairly simple way to explain the adjectival order: “opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose”. It’s apparently very difficult to explain when you can and cannot use contractions in a concise way.