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postpositive /pəʊs(t)ˈpɒzɪtɪv /adjective(Of a word) placed after or as a suffix on the word that it relates to: a postpositive adjective...- Until the middle of the twentieth century the scholarly consensus was that Mark could not have ended with a postpositive particle or with such a shocking ending as ‘for they were afraid.’
- Among other particular features of Albanian and other Balkan languages are a postpositive definite article and the absence of a verbal infinitive.
Derivativespostpositively /pəʊs(t)ˈpɒzɪtɪvli/ adverb ...- I'm interested in the origins of ‘I'm just saying’ used postpositively.
- ‘Aplenty’, ‘galore’, and the informal ‘extraordinaire’ are examples of adjectives that are primarily used postpositively in modern English.
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