A Leather Sofa, a Big, Old Leather Sofa

When we use two or more adjectives together to describe a noun, the order we put them in is important. For example, we don't usually say an old leather, big sofa. So for our sofa example, first it's size, so big, and then age, old, then material, leather. And each new adjective in the list needs to go in the right place. Now some people find it difficult to remember the adjective order, but there's a good tip: The adjective with the meaning most closely related to the noun goes nearest to it.