形容詞的位置及其在句中的排列次序，都有語法準則可遁，不可隨心所欲，恣意安插。
在每個英語句子中，如果形容詞位置錯了或一句中幾個連續(xù)性的形容詞排列不正確的話，便會有錯誤，甚至意思也跟著改變。
一般上說，形容詞的位置是緊貼在被修飾的名詞前面；不然的話，就跟在接系動詞（linking verb）后面充當補足語（complement）。例如：
① Sam is an industrious professional designer.
② What is it that bulky box? May I know?
③ Homeless cats are seen wandering about the field.
④ David looks cheerful everyday.
⑤ Janet is being nasty today.
⑥ The sky suddenly turned dark.
①-③里的形容詞修飾它們后頭的名詞；④-⑥里的形容詞是補足語。
下面要討論的不是形容詞的正常位置，而是在各種特殊情況下所處的特殊位置。這些特殊情況，主要有下列七種：
㈠形容詞被其他詞語修飾時，便要跟在所修飾的名詞后面，如：
⑦ This hole←large←enough for a dog to pass through must be blocked up.
⑧ Don't throw away that filing cabinet←big←enough to keep all the old documents.
㈡兩個意思相反的形容詞并用時，也是要跟在被修飾的名詞后面，如：
⑨ We should be fair to all people, big and small, young and old.
㈢形容詞修飾“anything, something, nothing, everything” 等代名詞時，也要在后頭出現(xiàn)，如：
⑩ There is nothing funny about it.
11. Something important has been found.
㈣在某些固定的詞語中，形容詞在名詞后頭出現(xiàn)，如：
12. Military offenders will be sued in the court-martial. （軍事法庭）
13. The sum total （總數(shù)） of his teaching experience is two years as a relief teacher in a secondary school.
14. Since time immemorial （太古時代）, human beings have fought for survival.
㈤在某些口語中，形容詞也跟在被修飾的名詞之后，如：
15. On Sunday last （上星期日）；16. On Monday next （下星期一）；17. Volume one （第一卷）；18. Chaper two （第二章）； 19. Page three （第三頁）。
㈥有時，為了加強句子語氣，形容詞可以放在句首，如：
20. Brave he may be, but he is not a good soldier.
21. Old though Jane is, she is healthy and energetic.
㈦另一種強調方法，是把意義相吸的幾個形容詞貫串起來，放在名詞之后，如：
22. Once upon a time, there lived a grey-haired king, hale and hearty.
23. The editor was a scientiest, original, sagacious and inventive.
在每個英語句子中，如果形容詞位置錯了或一句中幾個連續(xù)性的形容詞排列不正確的話，便會有錯誤，甚至意思也跟著改變。
一般上說，形容詞的位置是緊貼在被修飾的名詞前面；不然的話，就跟在接系動詞（linking verb）后面充當補足語（complement）。例如：
① Sam is an industrious professional designer.
② What is it that bulky box? May I know?
③ Homeless cats are seen wandering about the field.
④ David looks cheerful everyday.
⑤ Janet is being nasty today.
⑥ The sky suddenly turned dark.
①-③里的形容詞修飾它們后頭的名詞；④-⑥里的形容詞是補足語。
下面要討論的不是形容詞的正常位置，而是在各種特殊情況下所處的特殊位置。這些特殊情況，主要有下列七種：
㈠形容詞被其他詞語修飾時，便要跟在所修飾的名詞后面，如：
⑦ This hole←large←enough for a dog to pass through must be blocked up.
⑧ Don't throw away that filing cabinet←big←enough to keep all the old documents.
㈡兩個意思相反的形容詞并用時，也是要跟在被修飾的名詞后面，如：
⑨ We should be fair to all people, big and small, young and old.
㈢形容詞修飾“anything, something, nothing, everything” 等代名詞時，也要在后頭出現(xiàn)，如：
⑩ There is nothing funny about it.
11. Something important has been found.
㈣在某些固定的詞語中，形容詞在名詞后頭出現(xiàn)，如：
12. Military offenders will be sued in the court-martial. （軍事法庭）
13. The sum total （總數(shù)） of his teaching experience is two years as a relief teacher in a secondary school.
14. Since time immemorial （太古時代）, human beings have fought for survival.
㈤在某些口語中，形容詞也跟在被修飾的名詞之后，如：
15. On Sunday last （上星期日）；16. On Monday next （下星期一）；17. Volume one （第一卷）；18. Chaper two （第二章）； 19. Page three （第三頁）。
㈥有時，為了加強句子語氣，形容詞可以放在句首，如：
20. Brave he may be, but he is not a good soldier.
21. Old though Jane is, she is healthy and energetic.
㈦另一種強調方法，是把意義相吸的幾個形容詞貫串起來，放在名詞之后，如：
22. Once upon a time, there lived a grey-haired king, hale and hearty.
23. The editor was a scientiest, original, sagacious and inventive.