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Cup cake Posted 10 years ago
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Postpositive...
Hi Everyone,
I'm going through a book from the library on prepositions and have found a section called postpositive prepositions: backward, forward, upward etc.
I've never heard of this term and when I type it into Google, only - postpositive adjectives comes up.
My question is, is there such a thing as 'postpositive prepositions'?
Thanks
CC
I'm going through a book from the library on prepositions and have found a section called postpositive prepositions: backward, forward, upward etc.
I've never heard of this term and when I type it into Google, only - postpositive adjectives comes up.
My question is, is there such a thing as 'postpositive prepositions'?
Thanks
CC
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Cup cake My question is, is there such a thing as 'postpositive prepositions'? Did the section which was titled "postpositive prepositions" contain only blank pages? If so, then there's no such thing.
- Cup cake My question is, is there such a thing as 'postpositive prepositions'?
- Did the section which was titled "postpositive prepositions" contain only blank pages?
- If so, then there's no such thing.
- Otherwise, as it seems the only source you have so far of information on the subject, there is such a thing, and that book explains it.
- CJ
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Cup cakeMy question is, is there such a thing as 'postpositive prepositions'?Did the section which was titled "postpositive prepositions" contain only blank pages?
If so, then there's no such thing. Otherwise, as it seems the only source you have so far of information on the subject, there is such a thing, and that book explains it.
CJ
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Thanks CJ.
I found an interesting post on a website about 'unusual' language. There is a section saying that there is no such thing as a postpositive preposition. In essence, it says it's an impossible thing to achieve.
I'm confused.
I found an interesting post on a website about 'unusual' language. There is a section saying that there is no such thing as a postpositive preposition. In essence, it says it's an impossible thing to achieve.
I'm confused.
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Hi
I checked it out, and it's just a preposition that comes after the verb
- I don't know what you're complaining of!
Dave
I checked it out, and it's just a preposition that comes after the verb
- I don't know what you're complaining of!
Dave
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Cup cakeIn essence, it says it's an impossible thing to achieve.Well then, it looks like we don't have to explain it.
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"postposition
1 The positioning of a word (or words) after the word that it modifies.
2 (Rarely in English.) A word that follows (instead of preceding) the word it modifies. Contrasted with PREPOSITION.
In some languages (e.g. Japanese) the sorts of meaning and function that prepositions have in English are exhibited by words that follow their objects or
1 The positioning of a word (or words) after the word that it modifies.
2 (Rarely in English.) A word that follows (instead of preceding) the word it modifies. Contrasted with PREPOSITION.
In some languages (e.g. Japanese) the sorts of meaning and function that prepositions have in English are exhibited by words that follow their objects or
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Hi
- At which bookshelf did you look?
- I don't know what bookshelf I was looking at
It's not clear to me why that second sentence isn't postposition. 'Just because' the preposition comes afterwards. But is that not the point?
Dave
- At which bookshelf did you look?
- I don't know what bookshelf I was looking at
It's not clear to me why that second sentence isn't postposition. 'Just because' the preposition comes afterwards. But is that not the point?
Dave
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Hi again
- That's the deck we're dealt from
- There's no good example I can point to
- It's not something I can put up with
- That's what I'm accused of
Can we decide which of these is postposition?
Dave
- That's the deck we're dealt from
- There's no good example I can point to
- It's not something I can put up with
- That's what I'm accused of
Can we decide which of these is postposition?
Dave
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dave_anon- That's the deck we're dealt from- There's no good example I can point to- It's not something I can put up with- That's what I'm accused ofCan we decide which of these is postposition?None of them, I would say.
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I think I agree with you - but I still don't understand why. What is the difference between a genuine postposition and just sticking the preposition at the end of the sentence or phrase? My ignorance notwithstanding, whoever thought the idea up deserves a talking to
Dave
I think I agree with you - but I still don't understand why. What is the difference between a genuine postposition and just sticking the preposition at the end of the sentence or phrase? My ignorance notwithstanding, whoever thought the idea up deserves a talking to
Dave
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