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Fandorin Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Predicative Adjective

Hi all. It's known that some Adjective belong to special group which is named Predicative Adjectives. Some of them: blaze, adrift, afloat, afraid, aghast, ajar, alike, alight, alive, alone, amiss, ashamed, askew, asleep, astir, astray, averse, awake, aware, awash. And they to be used only as predicate.

Will it sentence correct? "I feel so alive"

it seems very suspicious the grammar concerned.

Thanks a lot
  

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Yes, some adjectives can only be used that way, and you have a good list of them The house is ablaze, not the ablaze house The man is alive, not the alive man etc. Some of them, though, are now used attributively with some acceptance: the ashamed criminal, the aware pateints, the afraid child .

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  • Yes, some adjectives can only be used that way, and you have a good list of them The house is ablaze, not the ablaze house The man is alive, not the alive man etc.
  • Some of them, though, are now used attributively with some acceptance: the ashamed criminal, the aware pateints, the afraid child .
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Yes, some adjectives can only be used that way, and you have a good list of them
The house is ablaze, not the ablaze house
The man is alive, not the alive man
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Some of them, though, are now used attributively with some acceptance: the ashamed criminal, the aware pateints, the afraid child.
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Emotion: smile thanks a lot. it occurs to me occasionally. Finally, it's correct, isn't it? Or had it better don't use such construction?
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Be very careful about using them. It sounds odd to many people.
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I think the same. Thanks for your advice. [Y]
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I presume that you are talking about the adjective in attributive position, Philip? As predicate adjectives they are fine and common, wouldn't you say?
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