Native English speakers… I hear the order of adjectives is important, and getting this wrong is jarring to read.

I’m making a pitch to upper management about building a “modular and versatile thingamawidget”. Or is it “versatile and modular thingamawidget”?

If it doesn’t matter, I think I’ll go for the latter, as it abbreviates to something easily pronouncable without sounding like a paramilitary group or a ride sharing business.

  • knightly the Sneptaur@pawb.social
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    The latter is correct.

    English has a fixed adjective order:

    Determiner

    Quantity

    Opinion

    Size

    Age

    Shape

    Color

    Origin/Material

    Qualifier

    “Versatile” is an opinion and “modular” is a qualifier.

    “The single, versatile, large, new, round, blue, local, modular thingamawidget.”

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      "I present to you the next generation of thingamawidgets. The future of thingamawidging: The SVeLNeRBLoMTtm "

      I can sort out the blue aspect through cheap spray paint, but I need to do some research on making a 19" rack round…