James Finn
Feb 25, 2021

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And try teaching this to speakers of English as a second language. It’s really hard, because we don’t generally know why we use the order we use. We just do it.

French works the same way with certain adjective orders, and I eventually gave up trying to learn the rules because they were so particular and precise. It was easier just to read, imitate, and internalize.

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James Finn
James Finn

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James Finn is an LGBTQ columnist, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.

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