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 9:59 pm

(January 22, 2018 at 9:53 pm)pool the matey Wrote:
(January 22, 2018 at 9:16 pm)chimp3 Wrote: 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".

I think "I have a red new car" can be used even if you're discussing the age of your cars but using "I have a new red car" when you're discussing the color of your car seem a bit odd because "new" there is a bit more unnecessary than "red" in the previous sentence. Maybe that's why they think it's the more correct one?

It is usually elbow patched, tenured academics struggling with this shit. Everyone else is evolving the language and establishing the new norms through common use.

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Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by ErGingerbreadMandude - January 22, 2018 at 10:34 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Joods - January 22, 2018 at 10:39 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Gawdzilla Sama - January 22, 2018 at 10:44 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by RoadRunner79 - January 22, 2018 at 10:46 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by I_am_not_mafia - January 22, 2018 at 12:14 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Jackalope - January 22, 2018 at 12:22 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by RoadRunner79 - January 22, 2018 at 12:22 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by vulcanlogician - January 22, 2018 at 1:08 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Gawdzilla Sama - January 22, 2018 at 1:31 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Jackalope - January 22, 2018 at 2:20 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Whateverist - January 22, 2018 at 2:25 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Whateverist - January 22, 2018 at 2:13 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by RoadRunner79 - January 22, 2018 at 2:15 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Whateverist - January 22, 2018 at 2:15 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by vulcanlogician - January 22, 2018 at 10:49 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Grandizer - January 22, 2018 at 11:07 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by DLJ - January 22, 2018 at 11:21 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Gawdzilla Sama - January 22, 2018 at 12:37 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by DLJ - January 22, 2018 at 1:06 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Gawdzilla Sama - January 22, 2018 at 11:09 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Grandizer - January 22, 2018 at 10:56 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by ErGingerbreadMandude - January 22, 2018 at 12:03 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by vulcanlogician - January 22, 2018 at 12:05 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by ErGingerbreadMandude - January 22, 2018 at 2:30 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Cod - January 22, 2018 at 11:04 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by brewer - January 22, 2018 at 11:04 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Neo-Scholastic - January 22, 2018 at 11:07 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by vulcanlogician - January 22, 2018 at 11:32 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Whateverist - January 22, 2018 at 12:00 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by SaStrike - January 22, 2018 at 12:38 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Shell B - January 22, 2018 at 12:58 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by LastPoet - January 22, 2018 at 2:23 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Gawdzilla Sama - January 22, 2018 at 2:24 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Fireball - January 22, 2018 at 4:36 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by The Valkyrie - January 22, 2018 at 4:39 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Whateverist - January 22, 2018 at 4:56 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by The Valkyrie - January 22, 2018 at 4:58 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Whateverist - January 22, 2018 at 5:13 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Gawdzilla Sama - January 22, 2018 at 8:27 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by chimp3 - January 22, 2018 at 9:16 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by ErGingerbreadMandude - January 22, 2018 at 9:53 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by chimp3 - January 22, 2018 at 9:59 pm

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by ignoramus - January 23, 2018 at 1:59 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by paulpablo - January 23, 2018 at 2:15 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by WinterHold - January 23, 2018 at 3:57 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 23, 2018 at 4:42 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by pocaracas - January 23, 2018 at 5:09 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by LastPoet - January 23, 2018 at 5:16 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Mr.Obvious - January 23, 2018 at 5:23 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Gawdzilla Sama - January 23, 2018 at 6:10 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by vulcanlogician - January 23, 2018 at 8:58 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Gawdzilla Sama - January 23, 2018 at 9:17 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Cod - January 23, 2018 at 9:39 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Gawdzilla Sama - January 23, 2018 at 9:48 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Martian Mermaid - January 24, 2018 at 5:59 am

RE: Which is grammatically more right - "red new car" or "new red car" - by Gawdzilla Sama - January 24, 2018 at 6:48 am

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