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Postpositive adjective - Wikipedia
A postpositive adjective or postnominal adjective is an adjective that is placed after the noun or pronoun that it modifies
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POSTPOSITIVE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of POSTPOSITIVE is placed after or at the end of another word.
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Postpositive Adjectives : r/grammar - Reddit
I am trying to figure out how to explain why a sentence like that needs a comma but “all men are created equal” does not.
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postpositive, a. (n.) (pəʊstˈpɒzɪtɪv) [f. L. postposit-, ppl. stem of postpōnĕre: see postpone. Cf. mod.F. postpositif (Littré).] A. adj. Characterized by postposition; having the function of being placed after or suffixed; enclitic.1786 H. Tooke Purley ix. 304 Grammarians were not ashamed to have a...
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postpositive, adj. & n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the word postpositive is in the early 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for postpositive is from 1712, in the writing of M. Maittaire. ...
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POSTPOSITIVE definition | Cambridge English Dictionary
a postpositive adjective, etc. comes after the word it modifies (= whose meaning it limits or adds to), for example the adjective new in the sentence I'd like ...
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Postpositive
Postpositive may mean:
in philosophy, related to postpositivism, a development of positivism
in grammar, following a related word or phrase, as with a postpositive adjective
See also
Postpositivism (international relations)
Preposition and postposition
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Postpositives - GreekNewTestament.io
A postpositive is a word that occurs in the second through sixth position of its matrix and is only preceded by markers and/or the head or one sibling.
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postpositive - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
(grammar, of an adjective or other modifier) Placed after the word modified, either immediately after, as in two men abreast, or as part of a complement, as in ...
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POSTPOSITIVE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
adjective 1. Grammar placed after or added to a word; suffixed noun 2. a postpositive word Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
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POSTPOSITIVE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Postpositive definition: (of a word, particle, or affix) placed after a word to modify it or to show its relation to other elements of a sentence.
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"Postpositive Adjectives" in English Grammar | LanGeek
Master the use of postpositive adjectives, which provide nuanced descriptions by appearing after nouns. Enhance your writing with comprehensive explanations ...
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Use of "Proper" as a postpositive adjective
The OED, s.v. proper, a., definition 7.c, says: c. Strictly or accurately so called; in the strict use of the word; genuine, real. In later use freq. as postmodifier. The earliest example of this use that it quotes is 1807: "The earths proper do not unite with oxygen... Characters of the alkaline and proper earths."
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responsible - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Oct 18, 2023Adjective [ edit] ( postpositive, followed by "for") Having the duty of taking care of something; answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically . Parents are responsible for their child's behaviour. ( postpositive, followed by "for") Being a primary cause of a situation or ...
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Postpositive adjective
In syntax, postpositive position is independent of predicative position; a postpositive adjective may occur either in the subject or the predicate of a unseen (postpositive attribute in predicate of clause) and the monsters, if they existed, remained unseen (predicate adjective in postpositive position
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