RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car"
January 22, 2018 at 11:32 am
(This post was last modified: January 22, 2018 at 11:35 am by vulcanlogician.)
(January 22, 2018 at 11:07 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: I say go with what sounds right.Yeah, I for one, am not going to bust out this handy-dandy guide every time I need to list adjectives. I'd rather be "wrong" on occasion.
(January 22, 2018 at 11:21 am)DLJ Wrote:Eh... I think Grandizer had it right. And new being of origin? I think origin is like "from France" as in "funny little French hats."(January 22, 2018 at 11:07 am)Grandizer Wrote: So it's new red car then. Just as I thought.
Is it though?
Getting a 'new red car' implies that there is an 'old red car'.
I suspect that in this case 'new' might not refer to age but instead refer to origin... I have a red, recently purchased (or rented), car.