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Hussein M Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Attributive_only adjectives

Why Does this adjective " entire " work attributive only ??
The entire school was present . ( ok )
The school was entire . ( not ok )
  

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Hello, Hussein—and welcome to English Forums. Hussein M Does this adjective " entire " work attributive only ? Yes, that's right.

  • Hello, Hussein—and welcome to English Forums.
  • Hussein M Does this adjective " entire " work attributive only ?
  • Yes, that's right.
  • Very few adjectives come after their nouns.
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Hello, Hussein—and welcome to English Forums.
Hussein MDoes this adjective " entire " work attributive only ?
Yes, that's right. Very few adjectives come after their nouns.
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Thank you sir.
It is pleasure to me to be here and get benefit
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Hussein MWhy does the adjective " entire " work attributively?
"The entire school" means all the students, teachers, and staff who are associated with the school.
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and the same with "outright "
would you please provide me with more about attributive_only and predicative_only adjectives ?
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Hussein M Why Does this adjective " entire " work attributive only ??The entire school was present . ( ok )The school was entire . ( not ok )
It is uncommon but not impossible for "entire" to be used predicatively. "The school was entire" is theoretically possible, but in practice it would be rare. Here is a typical randomly-Googled example: "If, when his army
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GPYIt is uncommon but not impossible for "entire" to be used predicatively.
And also in the post-position:
Many people feel it is unfair to keep a stallion entire if you don't intend to breed him.
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Hussein Mand the same with "outright "
"Outright" can be an adverb, so you have to be careful.

He told an outright lie. (Attributive)
He won outright. (Adverb.)
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Hussein Mwould you please provide me with more about attributive_only and predicative_only adjectives ?
http://grammar.about.com/od/pq/g/predadjterm.htm

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yes , I know it can be an adverb .....
But it as an adjective works only attributively
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what is the difference between
the happy farmer
the farmer was happy
related to meaning

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