![]() ![]() Too often we are unable or unwilling to apply the lessons of the past to the decisions of today.People may be reluctant to inject a dose of pessimism when everyone else is enthusiastic about the choice that’s been made.If an analysis of alternatives produces an obvious best choice, it may seem like a waste of time to brainstorm for potential risks.If exploring potential risks is so important, why do people often fail to do this step? There are several common, understandable reasons. ![]() The effects of decisions-good or bad-always outlive the decision-making process that produced them. Once a decision has been made and implemented, any of its negative effects will eventually become real problems. The negative consequences of any action are as tangible as its benefits, sometimes more so. Yet too often decisions are made without assessment of the risks associated with a final choice.īefore moving ahead with a decision, it is imperative to consider possible adverse consequences of feasible alternatives. Making good choices depends on three elements: the quality of your definition of specific factors that must be satisfied, the quality of your evaluation of available alternatives and finally, the quality of your assessment of the risks associated with those alternatives. However, to speak, and to speak clearly, remember, always, that language (including the adjective) is a tool, that can be used in myriad ways.Over every decision hovers a measure of uncertainty-for all decisions play out in an uncertain future. It's true that to pass an exam, it's a safe bet to follow the ancient and exceptionally dull order of adjectives. Each, by dint of playing with the order of adjectives, emphasises different things, and this is OK. After all, for phonetic reasons, we might talk about a big, horrible, fierce dog (no one seems to talk about the addition of commas) or even a horrible, fierce, big dog, and no one, anywhere, except the most studious and fossilised self-styled Guardians of English would disagree with either description. Language is to be played with, messed about with, and enjoyed. Fierce, is, fundamentally, an opinion, as you quite rightly noticed, in the same way 'aggressive' can be considered an opinion. You have identified a terrible, awful,glaring flaw, in these categorisation activities. The problems with the new machinery were countless. There were countless problems with the new machinery. ReorderingHorizontal_MTQwODI= Adjectives in front of nounsĪ few adjectives are used only in front of a noun: It is very unusual to have more than three adjectives. Sometimes we have three adjectives in front of a noun, but this is unusual: He seemed to be a very annoyed policeman. When he heard the news he was a very glad uncle. My uncle was very glad when he heard the news. Some of the commonest - ed adjectives are normally used only after a link verb: annoyed We use some adjectives only after a link verb: afraid ReorderingHorizontal_MTQwNzk= Adjectives after link verbs ![]() Those horrible yellow curtains Order of adjectives 1 We usually put an opinion adjective in front of a descriptive adjective: We usually put a general opinion in front of a specific opinion: We only use these adjectives to describe particular kinds of noun, for example: Food That's a good/ wonderful/ brilliant/ bad/ dreadful book. He's a good/ wonderful/ brilliant/ bad/ dreadful teacher. We can use these adjectives to describe almost any noun: good We often have two adjectives in front of a noun: ![]()
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