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- From: koontz@cam.nist.gov (John E. Koontz X5180)
- Newsgroups: sci.lang
- Subject: Re: postpositive articles [sic, adjectives] in English
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- Date: 20 Nov 92 15:21:55 GMT
- References: <1992Nov19.190026.937@almserv.uucp>
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- Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
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- In article <1992Nov19.190026.937@almserv.uucp>, alufml@fnma.COM (Francois-Michel Lang) writes:
- |> In French, certain articles [sic, adjectives] can appear either
- |> (1) after the noun they modify, ...
- |> (2) before the noun, ...
- |> of the adjective is metaphorical.
- |> Are there examples of this in English ...
- |> The only example I can come up with is something like "the city proper".
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- I can think of at least one more loan formation, "the church militant."
- In addition, I think that various formations like "lieutenant general,"
- "solicitor general," etc., were originally of this type, though I believe
- they are usually perceived as adjective + noun, or possibly noun + noun
- in contemporary English.
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