Native English speakers… I hear the order of adjectives is important, and getting this wrong is jarring to read.
I’m making a pitch to upper management about building a “modular and versatile thingamawidget”. Or is it “versatile and modular thingamawidget”?
If it doesn’t matter, I think I’ll go for the latter, as it abbreviates to something easily pronouncable without sounding like a paramilitary group or a ride sharing business.
I agree that “versatile, modular” is the right order. But is that order also preferred if the conjunction “and” is used to separate the adjectives? I thought the rule was particular to the peculiar way we can string together adjectives with no conjunction.
“Modular, versatile” sounds wrong, but “modular and versatile” less so.
I’m not sure on the rules/general use but my ear agrees with this. As soon as you put an “and” between them nearly any order seems totally normal.