- modify), and
adjectives appear postpositively only in
special situations, if at all.
Adjectives must
appear postpositively in
English when they qualify...
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Postpositive may mean: in philosophy,
related to postpositivism, a
development of
positivism in grammar,
following a
related word or phrase, as with a...
- attributive) That idea is funny. (Predicative) Tell me
something funny. (
Postpositive attributive) The good, the bad, and the funny. (Substantive)
Clara Oswald...
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restrictive in its use of
postpositive position for
adjectival units (words or phrases),
making English use of
postpositive adjectives—although not rare—much...
- different. —
Postpositive adjective. a. He is
taller than you. —
Predicative adjective. b. I met a
person taller than you —
Postpositive adjective. Predicative...
- court-martial (plural courts-martial or
courts martial, as "martial" is a
postpositive adjective) is a
military court or a
trial conducted in such a court....
- proper;" Dictionary.com "in the
strict sense of the word (usually used
postpositively)":- Is the
school within Boston proper or in the suburbs? The Free Dictionary...
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French verb
manquer (to miss, to fail, to lack). In English, it is used
postpositively, that is,
following the noun it
modifies in the
manner of most adjectives...
- Look up
redux in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Redux is a
postpositive adjective meaning 'brought back, restored' (from
Latin reducere, 'to
bring back')...
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similar to
those in most
other Indo-European languages. They are
generally postpositive, and they
agree in both
gender and
number with the noun they modify....
