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When we use several adjectives they must follow a sequence. For example, we say "small, blue, canvas bag", but we don't say "blue, canvas, small bag". But I'm confused because, according to one CD-ROM, adjectives that describe shape come after adjectives that describe age, and, according to one book, age comes after shape. What is the correct order for adjectives please?

First of all, the general sequence is: opinion, fact. So we say "a nice French car" and we do not say "a French nice car".

Secondly, the normal (natural) order for the fact adjectives is: size, age, shape, colour, material, origin. For example: "a big, old, square, black, wooden Chinese table".

So an example with opinion and fact adjectives would be:

Two beautiful small old round yellow wax Thai candles.

However, note that rules are not always rigid. Sometimes we have to use common sense. In the last example we have just broken the rule because the word "two" is a number and numbers are adjectives and very definitely "fact".

Also, consider the following conversations:

Conversation 1
A "I want to buy a round table."
B "Do you want a new round table or an old round table?"

Conversation 2
A "I want to buy an old table".
B "Do you want a round old table or a square old table?"
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English is not my native language. When I speak to my friends in English, they understand, but native-English-speakers sometimes don't understand. Are my friends more intelligent?

This is a problem in all languages, of course, not only English. The better you know a language, the more possibilities you know. If you take one word, and change its pronunciation just a little, it may have another meaning. In fact, to a native-speaker one word may have many different meanings, depending on the exact pronunciation and/or context. So if you don't pronounce a word correctly, or you use it in the wrong context, a native speaker has to consider perhaps ten or more different meanings that your sentence may have. To you and your friends it's simple, because you think there is only one meaning. But the native-speaker has to calculate many possible combinations or "permutations", like a computer. That's why he or she may seem a little "stupid" to you!
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What is a domain name?

A domain name is a unique name used to identify and locate computers on the Internet. A domain name provides an easy-to-remember Internet address, which computers translate into numeric IP addresses (Internet Protocol addresses).

An IP address like http://209.148.221.183 is good for computers but difficult for humans to remember. But humans can easily remember a domain name like englishmarket.blogspot.com in http://englishmarket.blogspot.com

NB: The subject of domain names and IP addresses is highly technical. The above explanation is a gross simplification.
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What does the [at] mean in an email address?

The symbol [at] in English means "at". (It is often used for prices: "5 pens [at] $1" means "5 pens at a price of $1 each".)

So example@site543.com means "example at site543.com".

The symbol [at] is usually called the "at sign" in English. Hereis a detailed history of [at].
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What is email?

Email is short for "electronic mail". It is a service for sending messages and files from one computer to another computer. The computers can be within one company or anywhere in the world. The messages travel almost instantaneously. Email is also sometimes spelt "e-mail".
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What does WWW mean?

WWW are initials that stand for World Wide Web. A "web" is a network of fibres or cables connecting different points. (Spiders make webs to catch flies.) The Web is one of the services available on the Internet. It lets you access millions of pages through a system of hyperlinks. Because it is "world-wide", it was originally called the World Wide Web or WWW.
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