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Newbie2007 Posted 19 years ago
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"a honest person" and "a person honest"

What is the difference between "a honest person" and " a person honest" ?

I suspect the second one to be wrong. Is that it ?
  

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As a noun phrase, then "a person honest" doesn't work. In English, generally the adjective goes before the noun it modifies. ")

— BarbaraPA

  • As a noun phrase, then "a person honest" doesn't work.
  • In English, generally the adjective goes before the noun it modifies.
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As a noun phrase, then "a person honest" doesn't work. In English, generally the adjective goes before the noun it modifies.

(You can say something like "A person honest enough to admit it will agree that ...")
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Newbie2007What is the difference between "an honest person" and " a person honest" ?

I suspect the second one to be wrong. Is that it ?
'Honest' begins with a vowel sound. See the correction above.
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