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jack112  +  148639 Mon, 17 Oct 05 05:40 AM

Can you have more than one adjective in front a word?

Scenario: I'm helping my friend with programming and I say:

What do these mean?

1. You need more than one print text statement.

2. You need more than one text print statement.

Thanks.

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Clive  +  148650 Mon, 17 Oct 05 06:16 AM

Hi,

Scenario: I'm helping my friend with programming and I say:

1. You need more than one print text statement.

2. You need more than one text print statement.

Can you have more than one adjective in front a word? Yes. A big fat cat. But in your examples, the two words together make a single phrase. You could even hyphenate them if you wanted to, but usually we don't in such cases. eg a print-text statement, meaning a computer instruction that prints some text. So really, it's like having one adjective, in the form of an adjectival phrase.

Whether you say 'text print' or 'print text' make no difference. I used to be a computer programmer, and I favour giving the verb first, as a clearer and stronger statement. Generally, I think that's true of any two-word phrase that includes a verb, not just the computer-oriented phrases.

Best wishes, Clive

 

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