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Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car"

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Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car"
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RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car"
January 22, 2018 at 2:24 pm
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RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car"
January 22, 2018 at 2:25 pm
(January 22, 2018 at 2:20 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:
(January 22, 2018 at 1:08 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: Most grammarish.

doubleunplus grammaristically wrongwise


I'm just going to go ahead and award Chthhulluthh the entire internet for this post.  However I will share Cummings' rebuttal.  (The text on screen a little tortured, definitely not the poet's doing.)



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RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car"
January 22, 2018 at 2:30 pm (This post was last modified: January 22, 2018 at 2:45 pm by ErGingerbreadMandude.)
(January 22, 2018 at 12:05 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote:
(January 22, 2018 at 12:03 pm)pool the matey Wrote: Apparently this question was asked in a prestigious exam for civil service and their stance is that "red new car" is more correct than "new red car" because according to them "new" is more important than "red" as far as the car is concerned so therefore new should come near the car.

Was there more context to the question, Pool? (Like what Whateverist mentioned above?)

No, no more context other than "Which is more correct, Why?". The why is the tricky part lol
(January 22, 2018 at 12:38 pm)SaStrike Wrote: Was the exam held in India? India is known for having a rocky history with England English (as a language!)

Yeah, it was held in India, as far as the rocky history goes most of the struggles were concentrated in the north, the south had it's own set of problems but there was always harmony and understanding among the people. There is a mosque, a temple and a church each situated close by in the center of our state's capital, since forever without any conflicts, so that should speak volumes by itself.

Most of the necessary violence were a cause of politics, besides I probably have some foreign genes from England, so we're all probably related anyway. Oh and by the way, Jesus's disciple Saint Thomas came to my state in AD 52, pretty cool, right?
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RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car"
January 22, 2018 at 4:36 pm
Neither is correct. It's a new car, which just happens to be red. If this is a test question set to exclude people from employment, that employer hires idjits to test their sample pool.
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RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car"
January 22, 2018 at 4:39 pm
"grammatically correct".

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RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car"
January 22, 2018 at 4:56 pm
(January 22, 2018 at 4:39 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: "grammatically correct".

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Nice try.  See Chthulu's response above for the correct answer.
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RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car"
January 22, 2018 at 4:58 pm
(January 22, 2018 at 4:56 pm)Whateverist Wrote:
(January 22, 2018 at 4:39 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: "grammatically correct".

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Nice try.  See Chthulu's response above for the correct answer.

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RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car"
January 22, 2018 at 5:13 pm
(January 22, 2018 at 4:58 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote:
(January 22, 2018 at 4:56 pm)Whateverist Wrote: Nice try.  See Chthulu's response above for the correct answer.

 More Jerkoff


Well .. I don't like to brag .. but that is part of my title now.
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RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car"
January 22, 2018 at 8:27 pm
"The most wondrous of man's follies is the one where he pretends English actually makes sense."
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RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car"
January 22, 2018 at 9:16 pm
It depends!

If I am sitting at a table of folks and we are discussing the age of our red cars, I might say "I have a new red car". 

If we are discussing the color of our new cars, I might say "I have a red new car".
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