Adjective order | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

Learn about the adjective order of Standard American English and your new favorite memory aid: DOSA-SCOMP.

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[bruhnish]

1:21 I remember it as DOSA'S COMING.
D - Determiner
O - Opinion
S - Size
A - Age
S - Shape
C - Colour
O - Origin
M - Material
ING - ing form of a base verb
Noun

[alfaroukmostafa_]

I'm from Egypt but learned this topic in english and my teacher sent this link to us

[andrewhayde]

Thank you so much, this helped me study.😀

[geraldinebaranal]

Thank you so much! It's very enlightening! God bless you more!

[SHADOWFF]

1)Detelmeer
2)opinion
3)size
4)age
5)shape
6)coler
7)Dligin
8) material
9)pvepose

[Idk]

Thank you si much this for school and you help 🙌

[Geneue]

I see it as perfectly correct sentence, if you think in terms of: —"HOW old is the house"? —It's "french old" :D By no means using it as pejorative to french people, rather opposite as some kind of elegant and vintage kind of attribute of smth.

[jpsupiegaming]

Would size be the same as measuerement?

For example the measurement of the size of something would vary from miles, kilometers, inches/distance. But what about other measurements like temperature, mass, or volume.

It already feels right to be adding those commas there. But for example using what you had in the video only changning "big" and "mower, " it goes from "The cool big old square black Texan Leather riding mower." To "The cool 80-degree old square black Texan leather riding motorcycle." That feels right too, what is your opinion?

[TiberiusMoon]

In this example you could use Old French white house.
The Origin can sometimes reflect the shape by its design, which is why it also sounds correct.

[rembautimes]

The ingenious, witty Dosa scomp mnemonic

[warmonger]

I will remember it bye dosa eating scomp 😂

[josephanglada]

Another proof language is a memeplex with its own explicit AND implicit algorithms and strict rules.

[muhammadisaac]

Dosa scomp
Determiner, opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose

[MrRajaalam]

I've just scomped a dosa. And now I'm scomping a mango. 😇

[wellesradio]

Thank you for this. I caught it on the Khan app, and honestly I'd never thought of it before. I don't know that I agree with this 100%. Opinion and size are interchangeable in order. Think of Roald Dahl's Big Friendly Giant, which is is size-opinion-object. One can also think of a large scary caterpillar, or small foolish things. Perhaps there should be a note on this in the video?

[yourgirl.]

i am from india
i and love to eat dosa

[neerajajayaraman]

1. Do adjectives that tell about the state of the noun also fall under opinion ?
2. What about patterns? They are qualitative adjectives alright but under which subcategory do they fit in ??
3. What if there are multiple adjectives belonging to the same category? How are the adjectives ordered in such a situation ?

[kvtassel]

Makes sense though there's a lot there.

[ZeroEliteOfficial]

My teacher said it was DOSSACOM
D eterminer
O pinion
S use
S have
A ge
C olor
O rigin
M aterial

[BenjaminLStewart]

Cumulative adjectives do not require a comma and follow a specific order while coordinate adjectives require a comma (for three or more) and may be arranged in any order. Both may be either attributive or predicate adjectives.