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Nazanin saryazdi Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Adjectives

Is that possible to bring a noun before the adjective? any examples?
  

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nazanin saryazdi Is that possible to bring a noun before the adjective? any examples? In uncommon cases, yes.

  • nazanin saryazdi Is that possible to bring a noun before the adjective?
  • any examples?
  • In uncommon cases, yes.
  • He is the heir apparent .
  • That happened years ago .
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nazanin saryazdi Is that possible to bring a noun before the adjective? any examples?
In uncommon cases, yes.
He is the heir apparent.
That happened years ago.
Look at the figure above.

Also object complements are placed in the post-position.
They declared the king dead.
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nazanin saryazdi Is that it possible to bring a noun before the adjective? Any examples?
The adjective comes before the noun 99.99% of the time. The reverse order is extremely rare, and only occurs with certain adjectives in certain phrases. For example, 'best possible' can
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Thank you. How about the names of the movies? For example "mission impossible"?
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Thank you Jim. Why isn't my question correct? : Is that possible...?
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nazanin saryazdiThank you Jim. Why isn't my question correct? : Is that possible...?
Is that possible to bring a noun before the adjective?

Because you have a post-posed subject. That kind of subject can only be replaced by "it".

To bring a noun before the adjective is possible? >
It is possible to bring a noun
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AlpheccaStarsThat happened years ago.
Look at the figure above.
I see both 'ago' and 'above' there as adverbs, not adjectives.

There are very few adjectives that can used in post-position, and offhand I can think only 'of replete' and 'galore'.
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The title comes from an object complement:

Everyone calls this mission impossible.
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IvanhrI see both 'ago' and 'above' there as adverbs, not adjectives.
Yes, as in: Look at the figure below.

Sometimes, the meaning may change depending upon where we place the adjective.

An example from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-positiv
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Thank you Jim. I feel a bit confused. What chapter of my grammar book should I have a look? What would the title be I mean..?
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nazanin saryazdiWhat chapter of my grammar book should I have a look?
Extraposition of "it". Dummy "it". Postposed infinitive subjects.

Maybe your book doesn't have a chapter on this.

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