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Sentence #3662360

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CK CK November 28, 2014, edited November 28, 2014 November 28, 2014 at 4:07:11 AM UTC, edited November 28, 2014 at 4:10:01 AM UTC link Permalink

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Some "adjective and adjective" pairs in English have a preferred word order.
Here are some others that are usually said in a certain order.

[#3309016] Tom is short and fat. (CK) *audio*
[#3315019] Tom is big and strong. (CK) *audio*
[#2713534] Tom is young and naive. (CK) *audio*
[#2713403] Tom is young and healthy. (CK) *audio*
[#1768862] Tom is warm and generous. (Spamster) *audio*

[#51948] It's been hot and humid. (CK) *audio*
[#1076327] I don't mind if it's hot and spicy. (CK) *audio*
[#35033] It is extremely hot and humid in Bali in December. (CK) *audio*
[#303392] He complained about the room being too hot and humid. (CK) *audio*
[#960181] Last night was very hot and muggy, so I didn't sleep so well. (CK) *audio*
[#960176] Last night was very hot and muggy and I didn't sleep very well. (CK) *audio*
[#960173] Last night was very hot and muggy and it was difficult to sleep. (CK) *audio*
[#1026737] Tom can't stand the hot and muggy summers here, so he heads for the mountains. (CK) *audio*

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Tom is kind and generous.

added by CK, November 28, 2014

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