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The Order of Adjectives

Adjectives can be "stacked" into a long string of words that describe the noun that comes after them, but not many users of English are aware that there is an order to stack them. Opinion.  lovely, wonderful Size.  big, humongous Age.  young, old Shape.  square, round Colour.  red, green Origin.  Chinese, American Material. iron, leather Purpose or function.  grilling, measuring I guess you can say that Sensei Michael is a  wonderful tall middle-aged Singaporean teacher . Now to come up with a phrase that uses all 9 for an epitome of the use of the above rule!