listing adjectives + ellipted clauses – English Grammar Profiler

There are two similar points at C2 for listing adjectives in the English Grammar Profile.

Point 76 in the category of ADJECTIVES/combining is defined as:

list of adjectives in ellipted clauses before and after a noun, to give focus.

The EGP examples contain:

Imaginative, good-humoured, friendly, he was …
The latter fat, ugly and sick blows …

Point 79 at C2 COMBINING MULTIPLE ADJECTIVES is defined as:

combine more complex, lengthy strings of adjectives, joining the last two adjectives with ‘and’.

The EGP examples:

timid, shy, self-conscious, over-sensitive and vulnerable
self-assured, confident, decisive, even bossy
materialistic, greedy and shallow

There is also

Point 39 at B1 combining commas + ‘and’ to join more than two adjectives, after ‘be’.

beautiful, intelligent, funny and very reliable
He is tall, thin and not very handsome, but he is very nice and friendly

*76 is not easy to capture! iWeb doesn’t allow this search: _JJ , _JJ , _P _V
so we can start with _JJ , _JJ * * but none of the top 100 contains a verb to the right with the wild card approach.

1 FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS. 4737
2 LONG, LONG TIME. 4555

3 LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL 3700

*adding a verb to the right of the above, we get 5 examples C2 grammar with ellipted clauses:

Other charities local, national and international will also benefit.
Kids young and old took advantage of the world’s biggest bouncy castle and dozens of unsigned and up and coming acts local, national and international performed on the other three stages.
To destroy this political apparatus, the doing of politics local, national and international must change
Seldom more than nowadays has it been more obvious how politics local, national and international arouse powerful, contrary emotions.
Hence unions at all levels, local, national and international adopt policies that assume the irreversibility of members’ current beliefs.

4 SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND 2940

The State shall strive to promote the welfare of the people by securing and protecting as effectively as it may

a social order in which justice, social, economic and political, shall inform all the institutions of the national life.

constitutionofindia.net

5 RED, WHITE AND BLUE 2625

6 POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND 2393 7 SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND 2355 8 LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL 2224 9 QUICK, EASY, AND 2201 10 ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND 2139 11 LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND 2122 12 GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER 1847 13 PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND 1839 14 PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND 1837 15 RED, WHITE, AND 1807 16 LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND 1792 17 SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND 1682 18 COOL, DRY PLACE. 1670 19 POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND 1669 20 ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH 1637 21 RED, GREEN AND BLUE 1635 22 REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL 1622 23 RED, GREEN, AND 1600 24 ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND 1565 25 ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL 1556 26 ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL 1494 27 SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL 1436 28 INTERNATIONAL, INC . ( 1404 29 SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND 1383 30 BLACK, WHITE, AND 1338 31 SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL 1308 32 RED, GREEN, BLUE 1284 33 LOCAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL 1271 34 SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC 1252 35 FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVE BASIS. 1235 36 LONG, LONG TIME AGO 1231 37 PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL 1226 38 GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER 1199 39 LONG, LONG TIME, 1187 40 MEDICAL, DENTAL, VISION 1187 41 REGIONAL, NATIONAL, AND 1184 42 RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL 1172 43 HOLY, HOLY, HOLY 1151 44 MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND 1141 45 POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL 1135 46 POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL 1124 47 SIMPLE, EASY-TO-USE 1113 48 PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL 1112 49 CLEAR, CONCISE, AND 1111 50 MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, AND 1032 51 EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL 1006 52 ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE 992 53 NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND LOCAL 991 54 RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND 989 55 POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC 940 56 MEDICAL, DENTAL AND VISION 922 57 BLUE, GREEN, AND 919 58 ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL 915 59 READY, WILLING AND ABLE 894 60 GAY, BISEXUAL, AND 851 61 LOCAL, NATIONAL AND GLOBAL 850 62 ACADEMIC, SOCIAL, AND 839 63 GREAT, GREAT, GREAT 832 64 HAPPY, HEALTHY, AND 825 65 NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND 823 66 FAST, EASY, AND 817 67 PERSONAL, NON-COMMERCIAL USE. 816 68 ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC 811 69 ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL 801 70 FEDERAL, PROVINCIAL AND TERRITORIAL 799 71 PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL 775 72 RED, BLUE, AND 756 73 SOCIAL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC 746 74 FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS, 738 75 LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL 729 76 CULTURAL, SOCIAL, AND 725 77 ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL 715 78 SAFE, EFFECTIVE, AND 708 79 SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC 699 80 HOT, HOT, HOT 687 81 ACCURATE, CURRENT AND COMPLETE 683 82 GREEN, BLUE, AND 681 83 RED, YELLOW, AND 672 84 PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, AND 668 85 YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE 662 86 GOOD, BAD, AND 639 87 PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL 635 88 SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL 635 89 EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, AND 632 90 ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND 632 91 SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL 623 92 WHITE, BLACK, AND 617 93 PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, MENTAL 608 94 SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC 603 95 RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL 595 96 COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND 589 97 BLUE, RED, AND 588 98 BLUE, GREEN, YELLOW 587 99 POLITICAL, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC 585

100 PERSONAL, NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY 581

iWeb doesn’t allow a search for: _JJ , _JJ and _JJ _VV

but we can start with: _JJ and _JJ _V

1 BLACK AND WHITE ARE 465

*a search for a noun to the left of the above found only ‘black and white’ listing as nouns:

The colors black and white are the new badge of honor in Brooklyn.
The colors black and white are extremes on the color spectrum, black being the lack of color.
Neutral colors black and white are widely used in all websites.
Both the colors black and white are classic in themselves and they have a style of their own.

2 LARGE AND SMALL ARE 459 3 RICH AND POOR IS 344 4 LARGE AND SMALL HAVE 233 5 BIG AND SMALL ARE 219 6 YOUNG AND OLD ARE 212 7 YOUNG AND OLD WILL 205 8 YOUNG AND OLD CAN 176 9 OLD AND NEW IS 172 10 GOOD AND BAD ARE 171 11 RICH AND POOR HAS 138 12 SLOW AND STEADY IS 132 13 OLD AND NEW ARE 131 14 BEST AND BRIGHTEST ARE 124 15 GREEN AND BLUE ARE 115 16 GOOD AND BAD IS 114 17 LARGE AND SMALL CAN 110 18 YOUNG AND OLD HAVE 105 19 FIT AND HEALTHY IS 105 20 BIG AND SMALL HAVE 105 21 RED AND BLUE ARE 97 22 HAPPY AND HEALTHY IS 95

23 NEW AND OLD ARE 89