Hyperbaton and the unwritten law of order of adjectives in English

Mark Forsyth’s description of hyperbaton (putting words in an odd order) in his book “The Elements of Eloquence” is the subject of a tweet that is currently trending on Twitter: Things native English speakers know, but don’t know we know: pic.twitter.com/Ex0Ui9oBSL — Matthew Anderson (@MattAndersonBBC) September 3, 2016 “opinion-size-age-shape-color-origin-material-purpose” See also: Making Rhetoric Relevant