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6 Dec 2022
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Which of these sound natural?
1. young Chinese people
2. Chinese young people
3. young people in China
Which of these sound natural?
1. young Chinese people
2. Chinese young people
3. young people in China
1. young Chinese people
2. Chinese young people
3. young people in China
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- English (US)
1 and 3 sound natural, but 2 does not.
There's a kind of standard order to adjectives in English--it's not exactly a rule, but using adjectives out of this order usually sounds weird. Here's an article that explains it: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/grammar/bri...
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Actually, 2 does sounds natural, but it has a different connotation. In that sentence, "young people" is being treated like a single word, which would be used to refer to all young people in China, similar to "kids these days" or "the younger generation."
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- English (US)
They all sound natural. However there are more situations where #1 and #3 would sound natural. There are fewer situations where #2 would sound natural.
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- English (US)
@ObstreperousB I mean, I think I would too, but it's a phrase I've heard before, and it's exactly how I interpret studiousboy's phrasing.
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