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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Adjectival phrase?
I noticed that there are certain gramatical constructions that seem to function like adjectives but do not take their place where adjectives do.
Ex: A slope
A slippery slope (The adjective goes before the noun)
A slope wet with rain (Seems to act as an adjective but it comes after the noun.
A slippery slope wet with rain (one can even combine the two giving them two describers of the noun, one that comes before and one after)
A slippery slope wet with rain complicates my return journey. (One must still place the verb of the sentence after rain. ` slope wet with rain` seems to function as a macronoun in this case)
How do you call this trailng describer? Any help you can give would be appreciated.
Adam
Ex: A slope
A slippery slope (The adjective goes before the noun)
A slope wet with rain (Seems to act as an adjective but it comes after the noun.
A slippery slope wet with rain (one can even combine the two giving them two describers of the noun, one that comes before and one after)
A slippery slope wet with rain complicates my return journey. (One must still place the verb of the sentence after rain. ` slope wet with rain` seems to function as a macronoun in this case)
How do you call this trailng describer? Any help you can give would be appreciated.
Adam
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It's just a 'post-modifying adjective', I think, Adam. Adjectives that come before ('slippery slope') are called attributive or pre-modifying adjectives. )
- It's just a 'post-modifying adjective', I think, Adam.
- Adjectives that come before ('slippery slope') are called attributive or pre-modifying adjectives.
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It's just a 'post-modifying adjective', I think, Adam. Adjectives that come before ('slippery slope') are called attributive or pre-modifying adjectives. (Adjectives that come after the verb are called predicate adjectives.)
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