This rule is actually why J.R.R. Tolkien got interested in Philology, his main field of study, and subsequently wrote stories. When writing a story when he was very young, he wrote down "a green great dragon", and his mother corrected him. He was fascinated why it could not be a green great dragon and had to be a great green dragon.
Source: The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Humphrey Carpenter
TechnologyEvangelist on May 24th, 2017 at 11:10 UTC »
Ablaut Reduplication, not Ambulant.
Darby17 on May 24th, 2017 at 13:44 UTC »
Bingo bango bongo finally makes sense.
plards2192 on May 24th, 2017 at 14:02 UTC »
This rule is actually why J.R.R. Tolkien got interested in Philology, his main field of study, and subsequently wrote stories. When writing a story when he was very young, he wrote down "a green great dragon", and his mother corrected him. He was fascinated why it could not be a green great dragon and had to be a great green dragon.
Source: The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Humphrey Carpenter