- A
postpositive adjective or
postnominal adjective is an
adjective that is
placed after the noun or
pronoun that it modifies, as in noun
phrases such as...
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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...
- different. —
Postpositive adjective. a. He is
taller than you. —
Predicative adjective. b. I met a
person taller than you —
Postpositive adjective. Predicative...
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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...
- (Attributive) That idea is funny. (Predicative) Tell me
something funny. (
Postpositive) The good, the bad, and the funny. (Substantive)
Clara Oswald died three...
- "attorney general" is an
example of a noun (attorney)
followed by a
postpositive adjective (general). "General" is a
description of the type of attorney...
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Sandefur have
disagreed with this usage,
saying that "general" is a
postpositive adjective (which
modifies the noun "solicitor"), and is not a
title itself...
- English. The
phrase attorney general is
composed of a noun
followed by the
postpositive adjective general and as
other French compounds its
plural form also...
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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....
- 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....
