Word order schmoder, break the chains

I have three links to share with you on the topic of word order of adjectives before nouns. As I came across each of these postings, I thought they were very helpful. But, as usual, the brain keeps working on the concept and now I have a different opinion: they are useful to those dedicated to verbosity. Do you love noun strings, then remember the rules for their use. These posts are certainly worth reading: 1. From the excellent Triangle Grammar Guide, Rules for word order : OPSHACOM for opinion, shape, age, color, origin and material. 2. Pam Nelson, of the blog above, refers us to Professor Grammar. He gives a lesson online at http://www.professorgrammar.com/opshacom2.shtml There is also an entertaining video . 3. Then the very nice Ray Ward at the (new) legal writer shares some links and offers this line chart: opinion :: size :: age :: shape :: color :: origin :: material :: purpose Here is what the University of Victoria’s Writer’s Guide says abou...