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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Post Modification
In the sentence "The large house over there" which is the post modification?
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In English, modifiers are usually placed before the noun. Prepositional phrases, relative clauses and reduced clauses are common postmodifiers.. The woman (who is) seated next to me is wearing a red dress.
- In English, modifiers are usually placed before the noun.
- Prepositional phrases, relative clauses and reduced clauses are common postmodifiers..
- The woman (who is) seated next to me is wearing a red dress.
- She is a woman with beautiful long black hair.
- He likes his steak well-done.
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In English, modifiers are usually placed before the noun.
Prepositional phrases, relative clauses and reduced clauses are common postmodifiers..
The woman (who is) seated next to me is wearing a red dress.
She is a woman with beautiful long black hair.
He likes his steak well-done.
Prepositional phrases, relative clauses and reduced clauses are common postmodifiers..
The woman (who is) seated next to me is wearing a red dress.
She is a woman with beautiful long black hair.
He likes his steak well-done.
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AnonymousIn the sentence "The large house over there" …It has no verb, so it’s not a sentence.
The large house over there is mine.
The large house is over here.
In #1, over there could be called a post-modifier. In #2, there is no post-modification: over there is the subject complement.
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