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T509 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

word order

0a. I am talking about this newly born baby.02br
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00b. I am talking about this baby newly born.02br
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00I think a is correct and wonder whether b is also OK or not.02br
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00And if it isn't, I would like to know why.0-
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10T50912cite 10a. 12br 12br 10b. 12br 12blockquote 10(a) is correct.

— Yoong Liat

  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10T50912cite 10a.
  • 12br 12br 10b.
  • 12br 12blockquote 10(a) is correct.
  • 02br 00"A new toy", not "a toy new".
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01cite10T50912cite10a. I am talking about this newly born baby.12br
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10b. I am talking about this baby newly born.12br
10And if it isn't, I would like to know why.12br
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10(a) is correct. This is because the noun should come later.02br
00"A new toy", n
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0I think I understand the basic rule that adjective should be followed by a noun when the former modifies the latter.02br
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00But there are exceptions such as:02br
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00c. I have money enough.02br
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00And b1 seems to me more natural than a1.02br
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00b1. I am talking about this baby newly born at the hospit
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0Let me give you my versions.02br
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00a. I am talking about this newborn.02br
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00b. I am talking about this newborn baby.02br
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00As you may know, 01b00newborn02b00 is used both as an adjective and a noun. I don't think you can prefer 01b00newly born02b00 to 01b00newborn
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0Thanks for help.02br
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00That is, however, not the point.02br
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00The sentece I gave here is just an example. It concerns the same question as these:02br
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00a3. I have to solve this problem newly recognized at the meeting.02br
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00b3. I have to solve this newly recognized problem at the meeting.0-
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0I'll make the question clearer.02br
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00A) determiner + adverb + past participle (functioning as adjective) + noun02br
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00B) determiner + noun + adverb + past participle (functioning as adjective) 01i01font00{+ prepositional phrase (related to the p.p.)}02font02i02br
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0T509, it will not sound as natural if you put it after the noun. It will sound "literary."02br
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01i00I am studying this newly discovered species. 02i02br
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01i00I am studying a species of mouse, newly discovered. 02i00You need the comma. 02br
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01i00I am studying a species of mouse tha
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0This 01i00I am studying a species of mouse, newly discovered02i00 sounds01i00 02i00distinctly odd and very divorced from what it is supposed to describe.02br
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01cite10T50912cite10I'll make the question clearer.12br
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10A) determiner + adverb + past participle (functioning as adjective) + noun12br
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10B) determiner + noun + adverb + past participle (functioning as adjective) 11i11font10{+ prepositional phrase (re
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