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How many adjectives can be chained without sounding weird?
In spoken and written language, in colloquial and formal context. Is there a general rule to use in sentences like the following:
"How many broken yellow plastic toys?"
"All those old ...
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Why is the “round figure” of a person associated with being “comforting”? [closed]
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Miss Beam was all that I had expected middle-aged, authoritative, kindly, and understanding. Her hair was beginning to turn grey, and her round figure was likely to be comforting for a ...