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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