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Is the following correct? [adjective][adjective][noun] =>source = Magoosh sentence correction.

I am doing E-Gmat modifiers and ran into what seems conflicting information: Adjective placed before the noun => adjective cannot modify another adjective.

Can an expert clarify the above discrepancy for me?

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Is the following correct? [adjective][adjective][noun] =>source = Magoosh sentence correction.

I am doing E-Gmat modifiers and ran into what seems conflicting information: Adjective placed before the noun => adjective cannot modify another adjective.

Can an expert clarify the above discrepancy for me?
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Yes, it is correct. Both the adjectives refer to the noun.

The tall, dark man is standing outside the door.
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Is the following correct? [adjective][adjective][noun] =>source = Magoosh sentence correction.

I am doing E-Gmat modifiers and ran into what seems conflicting information: Adjective placed before the noun => adjective cannot modify another adjective.

Can an expert clarify the above discrepancy for me?

Yes, it is correct. Both the adjectives refer to the noun.

The tall, dark man is standing outside the door.
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can an adjective modify another adjective? for example " she is extremely beautiful " is this sentence right?
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can an adjective modify another adjective? for example " she is extremely beautiful " is this sentence right?
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The sentence is right.

But, 'extremely' isn't an adjective. A quick check for this is to see whether you can use it to describe a noun. "This is an extremely dog" is wrong, while "This is a large dog" is right - so, 'extremely' isn't an adjective, but 'large' is.

Luckily, you don't really need to know that for the GMAT - you just need to know that sentences like 'She is extremely beautiful', 'The very tall man banged his head on the door', and 'The unusually difficult test challenged many students' are correct.

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