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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Shines blue a tattoo
Hi,
I've seen in a few songs some forms where the coulour or another adjective comes before the article and the noun.
Exemple : on my shoulder shines blue a tatto
I ate red a tomato
My father is old a man
Is this kind of formulation correct ? I had never seen that before.
I've seen in a few songs some forms where the coulour or another adjective comes before the article and the noun.
Exemple : on my shoulder shines blue a tatto
I ate red a tomato
My father is old a man
Is this kind of formulation correct ? I had never seen that before.
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"adjective + article + modified noun" is an impossible pattern in English. "on my shoulder shines blue a tattoo" does, however, make sense (somewhat poetically) because "blue" can be interpreted as modifying "shines" rather than "tattoo". Your other examples make no sense.
- "adjective + article + modified noun" is an impossible pattern in English.
- "on my shoulder shines blue a tattoo" does, however, make sense (somewhat poetically) because "blue" can be interpreted as modifying "shines" rather than "tattoo".
- Your other examples make no sense.
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"adjective + article + modified noun" is an impossible pattern in English. "on my shoulder shines blue a tattoo" does, however, make sense (somewhat poetically) because "blue" can be interpreted as modifying "shines" rather than "tattoo". Your other examples make no sense.
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