Adjectives Order

I would like to as about adjectives order.

As I understand there is a rule for adjective order in adj adj noun.

Here is my understanding:
Opinion>Size>Shape>Age>Color>Nationality/Origin>Material>Purpose

I got it for size - purpose adjectives.
But what about opinion?

Does adjective like "hungry", "curious", "playful", "crazy" categorized as opinion?

Sorry if this sounds like very basic question.

Thanks in advance mate!

Answer

Yes, there is a correct word order for adjectives. Hunger is not an opinion. It is a state. A feeling. A sad hungry Man.For grammar purpuses it is an adjective of Quality. Adjectives of quality can be placed after the verbs. The man seemed tired and hungry.

or The tall tired hungry man climbed the massive mountain.
The clever curious cat found a mouse.
That cat is curious. That is a demonstrative adjective followed by noun verb adjective. Just to show you a change in word order.

Normal word order is
opinion, size,physical Quality,shape,age,colour,origin,material,type and purpose.

Your question should be written in the following way.

Do Adjectives .....
not Does Adjectives....
Because you need the plural form
Playful, crazy and curious are adjectives of quality.

Does hyphenation create a prefix?

When two words are hyphenated do they always become one word? Or does it depend on why you use the hyphen?

For example 'four-wheeled carts'. Has 'four' become a prefix or is the purpose of the hyphen to simply imply the relationship between the two words?

Cheers

Answer

No. Hyphenating two adjectives creates a compound adjective, composed of two distinct words, connected by a hyphen for clarity.

From wikipedia:

A compound modifier (also called a compound adjective, phrasal adjective, or adjectival phrase) is a compound of two or more attributive words: That is, more than one word that together modify a noun.

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Merriam-Webster says the only plural form is corpora, for all senses of the word. However, Random House/Dictionary.com says it's corpora for every sense except the linguistic sense:

Linguistics . a body of utterances, as words or sentences, assumed to be representative of and used for lexical, grammatical, or other linguistic analysis.

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In my specific situation, I have a collection of data—to be processed—about a class of objects that can be swapped out at will (thus the reference to more than one corpus). To me, this satisfies the first sense of the word ("a large or complete collection of writings")—where the plural is corpora—as well as the linguistic sense of the word—where the plural is corpuses.

So what's the significant difference between these two senses of the word? When is corpora correct, and when is corpuses correct?

Answer

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