Thread by @Ngwoke_Ifeanyi

WORD ORDER IN WRITING
How you position words in a sentence can affect the meaning or readability of the sentence. A lot of English writers miss it when using multiple adjectives.
See:
I love this Spanish small old book.
I love this small, old, Spanish book.

Any observations?
RT

The most basic WORD ORDER in English writing is the SUBJECT-VERB order. The subject is usually a NOUN or PRONOUN that is performing an action, while the VERB is the action that is being performed.
For example,
NGWOKE IFEANYI WRITES.
Ngwoke Ifeanyi is—a noun.
Write is—a verb.

However, you may need to write more complex sentences. This need will require advance WORD ORDER or sentence structures. The most popular ones include:
1.SUBJECT-VERB-DIRECT OBJECT
2.SUBJECT-VERB-INDIRECT OBJECT (DIRECT OBJECT)
3.SUBJECT-VERB-PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE

SUBJECT-VERB-DIRECT OBJECT
A direct object is an object that directly receive the action of the verb.
Mrs. Hadiza hates aluminum pots.
Mrs. Hadiza is the subject.
Hates is the verb.
Aluminum pots is the direct object.
Note that “Aluminum” is just an adjective that describes pot.

SUBJECT-VERB-INDIRECT OBJECT
An indirect object does not directly receive the action of the verb. It often comes before the direct object
Tunde bought himself a new car.
The action “bought” is performed for or to the indirect object “himself,” and not the direct object “car.”

SUBJECT-VERB-PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE
A preposition is a word that connects a noun, pronoun or verb to another word that modifies it. Any phrase that begins with a preposition is called a prepositional phrase. Words like under, on, in, until, before, behind, etc. are prepositions.

For example,
Romeo and Juliet danced under the moon.
“under the moon is a prepositional phrase.”
Now, Romeo and Juliet are the subjects.
Danced is the verb (past tense form)
“under the moon is a prepositional phrase.”

Remember, a sentence MUST have a subject and a verb, and make complete meaning on its own. Phrases are not correct sentences because they don’t fit this definition.

To learn more about SUBJECTS, VERBS, & AGREEMENTS click

https://twitter.com/Ngwoke_Ifeanyi/status/1300445866650742786?s=19

Let us come back to using multiple adjectives.
Adjectives are words that describes a noun or pronoun. They make your writing lively and interesting. However, if you’re using multiple adjectives, you will need to place them in the right order to remove reading ambiguity.

Here is the order: (OSSACEM)
1.Opinion
2.Size
3.Shape
4.Age
5.Color
6.Ethnicity
7.Material

See the first example.
I love small (size), old (age), Spanish (ethnicity) book.

Try to rearrange the adjectives in these examples.
1.This a purple, new, cotton, Italian shirt.
2.I will like to eat in a ceramic round plate.
3.He wore a wool, green and funny suit.

Thank you for reading and learning. I’ll show you how the apostrophe punctuation affects WORD ORDER in the next thread.

Consider this:
Late President Buhari’s driver loved his job.
President Buhari’s late driver loved his job,
Who actually died?

Consider this:
Late President Buhari’s driver loved his job.
President Buhari’s late driver loved his job,
Who actually died?
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I just discovered a few writing errors.
I was so eager to post the thread that I couldn't do a quick review.
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