decided to look under the hood of english for two seconds and immediately regretted it. i count myself insanely lucky to be fluent as a native speaker for such a hot disaster of a language

(5) Qual­i­ty > Size > Shape > Color > Prov­e­nance [Sproat and Shih (1991)]
(6) a. Posses­sive > Speak­er-ori­ent­ed > Sub­ject-ori­ent­ed >Man­ner/The­mat­ic [Cinque (1994)]
b. Value > Di­men­sion > Phys­i­cal prop­er­ty > Speed > Hu­man Propen­si­ty > Age > Color [Dixon (1982)]

just look at what they've been demanding your respect this whole time