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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Adjective before a noun vs. adjective after a verb
Hi. Would you say that an adjective that is used before a noun is likely to be more versatile in terms of forms it can assume than an adjective that comes after a verb?
Let us say that there is a hot dog stand behind a house and there is a back door in the house and the stand is against the back door, although not touching it but about a feet away.
I think this is possible.
There is a back-door hot dog stand near the house.
I would be hard-presseed to come up with an example that uses the underlined adjective predicatively.
Let us say that there is a hot dog stand behind a house and there is a back door in the house and the stand is against the back door, although not touching it but about a feet away.
I think this is possible.
There is a back-door hot dog stand near the house.
I would be hard-presseed to come up with an example that uses the underlined adjective predicatively.
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Hi, Would you say that an adjective that is used before a noun is likely to be more versatile in terms of forms it can assume than an adjective that comes after a verb? Probably, although I'd have to give it some more thought than I have time for here. My first reaction is to wonder what you mean by 'the forms' of an adjective.
- Hi, Would you say that an adjective that is used before a noun is likely to be more versatile in terms of forms it can assume than an adjective that comes after a verb?
- Probably, although I'd have to give it some more thought than I have time for here.
- My first reaction is to wonder what you mean by 'the forms' of an adjective.
- I'd try to make a list of such forms.
- Your example uses a noun as an adjective, just as one might say 'I have a computer problem', and obviously you can't say 'I have a problem computer' and convey the same meaning.
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Hi,
Would you say that an adjective that is used before a noun is likely to be more versatile in terms of forms it can assume than an adjective that comes after a verb?
Probably, although I'd have to give it some more thought than I have time for here.
My first reaction is to wonder what you mean by 'the forms' of an adjective. I'd try to make a list of such forms.
Your
Would you say that an adjective that is used before a noun is likely to be more versatile in terms of forms it can assume than an adjective that comes after a verb?
Probably, although I'd have to give it some more thought than I have time for here.
My first reaction is to wonder what you mean by 'the forms' of an adjective. I'd try to make a list of such forms.
Your
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