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2. English grammar - Wikipedia

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   Adjectives can be modified by a preceding adverb or adverb phrase, as in very warm, truly imposing, more than a little excited. Some can also be preceded by a noun or quantitative phrase, as in fat-free, two-meter-long. Complements following the adjective may include: prepositional phrases: proud of him, angry at the screen, keen on breeding toads;

3. English adjectives - Wikipedia

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   Adjectives that take preposition phrase complements license preposition phrases headed by fixed prepositions. For example, dependent takes preposition phrase complements headed only by on or upon. In some cases, a complement is obligatory; I'm loath to admit it is fine, but *I'm loath is incomplete.

4. English compound - Wikipedia

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   monotransitive phrasal-prepositional verbs (e.g. look up to [respect]) doubly transitive phrasal-prepositional verbs (e.g. put [something] down to [someone] [attribute to]) English has a number of other kinds of compound verb idioms. There are compound verbs with two verbs (e.g. make do). These too can take idiomatic prepositions (e.g. get rid of).

5. English prepositions - Wikipedia

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   A preposition that takes a noun-phrase complement is called a transitive preposition (e.g., She went up the hill), and one that does not take any complements is called an intransitive preposition (e.g., She went up). [3] Prepositions can also take the following complements: clauses (e.g., after you arrived), adjective phrases (e.g., accepted as ...

6. List of English prepositions - Wikipedia

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   The following are single-word intransitive prepositions. This portion of the list includes only prepositions that are always intransitive; prepositions that can occur with or without noun phrase complements (that is, transitively or intransitively) are listed with the prototypical prepositions.

7. Postpositive adjective - Wikipedia

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   Recognizing postpositive adjectives in English is important for determining the correct plural for a compound expression. For example, because martial is a postpositive adjective in the phrase court-martial, the plural is courts-martial, the suffix being attached to the noun rather than the adjective

8. What time is Jimmy Carter's funeral service? See full ... - AOL

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   Jimmy Carter's official state funeral is set to be held on Thursday, Jan. 9 at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

9. English determiners - Wikipedia

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   The key difference between adjectives and determiners in English is that adjectives cannot function as determinatives. The determinative function is an element in NPs that is obligatory in most singular countable NPs and typically occurs before any modifiers (see § Functions ).