Adjective order rules taught in an ESL classroom

Adjective Order: 7 Rules for ESL Classrooms

English adjective order follows a fixed sequence known by the acronym OSASCOMP: Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Color, Origin, Material, Purpose. Native speakers say “a lovely small old round red French wooden sewing box” without ever memorizing the rule, because they absorbed the pattern through exposure, not instruction. ESL students didn’t get that exposure, so the…