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Re: PoS & heretics

From:BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Saturday, June 24, 2000, 10:49
Christophe Grandsire wrote:

 > Like in French. In general, the adjective after the noun
 > is purely attributive, while the adjective before the
 > noun is more 'tied' to the noun, often modifies the
 > meaning of the noun, and sometimes the noun phrase
 > 'adjective+noun' stands more like a compound!

Like 'jeune fille' and 'fille jeune'?


/BP

  B.Philip Jonsson  mailto:melroch@mail.com
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