[ELI5] why do we use words in order like “the cute little red car” and not something like “the little red cute car”?

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[ELI5] why do we use words in order like “the cute little red car” and not something like “the little red cute car”?

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Answer 1

This is actually a rule that non native English speakers are taught but native speakers learn organically through exposure similar to how French people probably don’t remember being taught that a chair is feminine it just sounds right to them.