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1 Modification :12th meeting
Postnominal Modifier

2 The Noun Phrase :Postnominal Modifiers
In a noun phrase, modifier can be in the position after the noun phrase. Those modifiers are called postnominal modifiers. Ex: The apartment, spotlessly clean The apartment, large and empty From the example above the word clean, large and empty are the postnominal modifiers

3 Forms of Postnominal Modifiers
1.Modified Adjective Ex : The mailman exuberantly happy, whistled merrily. 2. Compounded adjective Ex; The mail carrier, weary and wet, trudged along in the train. 3. Non-suffixing word Ex : The people upstairs 4. Adverb Ex: My meaning exactly. 5. Noun phrase adjectival Ex; The party last night

4 6. Prepositional Phrase Adjectival
Ex: The bend in the river. 7. Participle or Participial Phrase, ing Adjectival Ex: The woman weeping was escorted to the door. 8. Participle or participial phrase, -ed, Adjectival Ex: They refused to pay the money demanded 9. Infinitive Phrase Adjectival , to____ Ex: I have a lesson to study. 10. Relative Clause Adjectival. Ex: The trees that had mistletoe were half dead. 11. Appositive Adjectival Ex; The bailey Bugle, a college newspaper, appears weekly


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