Hello, Hussein—and welcome to English Forums. Hussein M Does this adjective " entire " work attributive only ? Yes, that's right.
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Hussein MDoes this adjective " entire " work attributive only ?Yes, that's right. Very few adjectives come after their nouns.
Hussein MWhy does the adjective " entire " work attributively?"The entire school" means all the students, teachers, and staff who are associated with the school.
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
GPYIt is uncommon but not impossible for "entire" to be used predicatively.And also in the post-position:
Hussein Mand the same with "outright ""Outright" can be an adverb, so you have to be careful.
Hussein Mwould you please provide me with more about attributive_only and predicative_only adjectives ?http://grammar.about.com/od/pq/g/predadjterm.htm