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** verbs that may be followed by an adjective (and not an object/noun) include: | ** verbs that may be followed by an adjective (and not an object/noun) include: | ||
*** ''be, feel, taste, smell, sound, sound, look, appear, seem'' | *** ''be, feel, taste, smell, sound, sound, look, appear, seem'' | ||
* these sentences, therefore do not have objects (nouns) | |||
** instead, they have a "subject complement" since the adjective "complements" the subject (a noun) | |||
** note that "I feel sad", "sad" is not describing the action "to feel", it is describing the subject "I" | |||
=== postpositive adjectives: adjectives that follow nouns === | |||
* postpositive adjectives are uncommon but have a couple general uses: | |||
** modifying "indefinite pronouns" | |||
** postpositive adjective phrases for emphasis or comparison: | |||
*** "The team needs a player ''better'' than that" | |||
**** the adjective "better" describes the noun "player" but follows the noun instead of preceding | |||
*** "A dog this ''big''" | |||
* compound* words in which the noun follows the adjective: | |||
** "attorney general" | |||
*** "general is an adjective meaning "main" or "principle" (and not the noun meaning military commander) | |||
*** thereby, to pluralize the compound word, the noun is plural but the adjective is not: | |||
**** "attorneys general" | |||
***** *note that "compound words" can be either "open", as in "boy scout" or full moon" or closed, as in "bullfrog" or "mailbox" or hyphenated, as in "long-term" or "on-campus" | |||
== adverb == | == adverb == | ||