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Adjective – is a word whose main role is to modify a noun and it gives more detail about the noun or

pronoun..

In some cases the adjective is usually placed before the noun.. like for example beautiful lady…
But what if you want to use 3 or more adjectives to give more details to your noun or pronoun..
We can’t just put these adjectives anywhere in the sentence..

Like for example: The big black dog are my food..


What if you place the big here in the dog..
It would sound unjustly..

So, in putting 3 or more adjectives we should follow a certain rule..

D-O-S-S-A-C-O-M-P-N

Determiner - A determiner is a noun modifier that expresses the reference of a noun or noun phrase in the
context, including quantity, rather than attributes expressed by adjectives.
Examples: the, a, an , some, all, my, your, this, many, five

An opinion adjective explains what you think about something (other people may not agree with you).
Examples:
silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult, handsome, ugly,

A size adjective, of course, tells you how big or small something is. Examples:
large, tiny, enormous, little

An age adjective tells you how young or old something or someone is. Examples:
ancient, new, young, old

A shape adjective describes the shape of something. Examples:


square, round, flat, rectangular

A colour adjective, of course, describes the colour of something. Examples:


blue, pink, reddish, grey

An origin adjective describes where something comes from. Examples:


French, lunar, American, eastern, Greek

A material adjective describes what something is made from. Examples:


wooden, metal, cotton, paper

A purpose adjective describes what something is used for. These adjectives often end with "-ing".
Examples:
sleeping (as in "sleeping bag"), roasting (as in "roasting tin")

Qualifier/Noun that these adjectives are modifying…


Example:

Man, lady, book, base, scarf, ballpen, board

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