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What are the attributive only adjectives?
Most adjectives can be used for attributive and predicative. but some adjectives are used for either one.
for example of predicative only,
"aware" can be used after "be".
*attributive: aware [noun] <- incorrect
*predicative: be aware of <- correct
for example of attributive only,
"uneasy" can describe a noun. but it can't be used after "be".
*attributive: uneasy [noun] <- correct
*predicative: be uneasy <- incorrect
What else are the attributive only adjectives?
Jan 25, 2012 7:41 PM
Answers · 3
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Attributive adjectives:
countless, eastern (northern, etc.), existing, neighboring, atomic, indoor, occasional, digital, introductory, outdoor, maximum, absolute,complete, entire, outright, perfect, positive, pure, true, real, utter, total.
January 25, 2012
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