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Renan torres-rivero Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Adjectives after noun?

Can anyone explain why the adjectives in these sentences are after the noun and not before as usual?

Secretary General (e.g. from the UNO)
the Princess Royal

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There are some adjectives that almost always come after the noun, called post-positive adjectives. Here's a on it, and here's another from a grammar site .

— BarbaraPA

  • There are some adjectives that almost always come after the noun, called post-positive adjectives.
  • Here's a on it, and here's another from a grammar site .
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There are some adjectives that almost always come after the noun, called post-positive adjectives.

Here's a on it, and here's another from a grammar site.
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