Word Order

In some phrases that we say in English, word order is very important. Some phrases are so common that the word order simply cannot be changed. These phrases just have to be memorized.

Two examples of this are:

Red, white and blue.
(These are the colors of the American flag. We cannot say blue, white and red or red, blue and white. The order simply must always stay the same.)

He was soaked from head to toe.
(We cannot say toe to head. It just sounds wrong.)

Memorize these examples and you will know the word order of some important phrases.