475: Order of Adjectives Mar 27, 2016

In English, there are rules which everyone follows but few people realize. When ordering adjectives, there is a precise order which speakers follow in order to sound normal and avoid confusion, as follows from first to last:
quantity or number, quality or opinion, size, age, shape, color, proper adjective, and purpose or qualifier––such as the sentence:
"Four silly large old round blue Argentinian sagely men rode bikes".

"Four sagely men" almost certainly sounds better to any native than "sagely four men" for no other reason than: that's just how it works.