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My mother said nothing about the dragon, but pointed out that one could not say ‘a green great dragon’, but had to say ‘a great green dragon’. I wondered why, and still do.

https://www.tolkienestate.com/letters/letter-to-the-poet-w-h-auden-7-jun-1955/

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

one could not say ‘a green great dragon’, but had to say ‘a great green dragon’. I wondered why, and still do

Tom Scott to the rescue: Adjectival Order: Why A "Big Red Balloon", not a "Red Big Balloon"?

TL;DW: There is an order, we mostly agree on what that order is, but we still have no idea why. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯