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Can somebody tell me why the adjective "enorme" is placed after the noun and not before since it is shows size?

Merci! Chantal
Nathalie On 3/10/15, Chantal wrote: > Can somebody tell me why the adjective "enorme" is placed > after the noun and not before since it is shows size? > > Merci! > Chantal

You have the choice to put it before OR after. It's one of those: Je constate l'énorme croissance du pays> Je constate la croissance énorme du pays...See More
Mar 10, 2015
James in Belgium There is an English mnemonic aide, BAGS or BANGS - beauty, age, (numbers) goodness, size. This aide is for "SOME" adjectives. Not all adjectives that one can associate to BAGS will come before the noun.

So, what's going on ?

Our first rule is that, in French, MOST adjectives follow the noun. We then learn a set of adjec...See More
Mar 14, 2015


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