形容詞還可以這樣用!五大「後置形容詞」用法總整理!

在英文,我們都熟悉<形容詞+名詞>的文法句型,像a spoiled child, a profitable business,

但是有些形容詞也可以放在名詞後面,這些形容詞叫做「後置形容詞」,

那到底哪時候要使用後置形容詞?使用上有哪些需要注意的地方?今天一次爆吼哩哉^_______^

1. Post-positive is necessary in certain institutionalized expressions.

在某些制度化的表達; 或是成語的使用

例如:the Governor General/Princess Royal/poet laureate/times past

2. Post-position is obligatory when the adjective modifies a pronoun. 

在形容代名詞的時候 (e.g. something, anything, everything, nothing, everyone, anybody,…+ adj.)

例如:something different/nothing wrong/everyone present /those responsible

3. Post-positive adjectives are commonly found together with superlative, attributive adjectives.

前有限定最高級或all, every, only, the few形容詞,則以ible或able做字尾的形容詞,放在名詞後。但possible例外,可放前後。

例如:the shortest route possible/the worst conditions imaginable/the best hotel available/all things imaginable

4. Some adjectives must be placed in the post-position: akin, alive, present, else

有一些形容詞必須置於被修飾的名詞的後面。

例如:all things alive/everyone present/mankind alone

5. Some adjectives (responsible, involved, concerned) can have different meanings when they are placed in different positions.

有些形容詞像responsible, involved, concerned前置或後置意思不同。

例如:

I’m writing to you as you are the person responsible.

I’m writing to you as you are a responsible person.

a responsible person意為「可信賴的人」「可靠的人」

the person responsible 意為「 負責人」、「主管人」


希望今天的分享能讓大家更了解後置形容詞的用法:D

More cases of post-positive adjectives:

http://www.yingyudaxue.com/books/english-study-handbooks-107

Inherent and non-inherent adjectives:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/adjectiv/postpos.htm

Sources:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/adjectiv/postpos.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-positive_adjective

http://virtuallinguist.typepad.com/the_virtual_linguist/2010/02/postpositive-adjectives.html

http://grammarist.com/grammar/postpositive-adjectives/ 

http://www.businessweekly.com.tw/KBlogArticle.aspx?id=426

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文章轉載自:Eric’s English Lounge

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