This happens with different, similar, the same, next, last, first, second, etc. Sometimes the headword is embedded between parts of the attribute. We are looking for people skilled at design.ДҐ. He found himself in a situation difficult from his point of view. He found himself in a difficultsituation. It is a suggestion sensible in many ways.

Non-detached attributes are postmodifying when expressed by extended phrases or complexes. I noticed that the man opposite was staring at me.Д¤. I think the picture would look better on the opposite wall. The members present(=those who are present here, not absent) The present members (= those who are members now) A few adjectives have special meanings when they occur after the noun. Attributes are used in postposition in some fixed phrases, in several institutionalized expressions (mostly in official designations): the president elect, attorney general, proof positive, court martial, Poet Laureate, time immemorialДЈ. Adjectives, Participle I, nouns, ordinal numerals and quotation nouns generally premodify the headword (a little man, riding clothes, apple trees, a childвЂ™s language, the third attempt, вЂњa-place-for-everything-and-everything-in-its-placeвЂќ kitchen).ДЄdverbs, statives, cardinal numerals and infinitives are generally postmodifying attributes (the woman upstairs, the child asleep, page five, money to spend).Дў. The morphological nature of the attribute. The position of an attribute depends on the following factors:ДЎ. He would not run the risk of being too late. The people involvedwere reported to the police. preceding the noun they modify):Д«) postmodifying (i.e. They are loosely connected with the headword and are often optional from the point of view of structure, although very important semantically.ДЇrom the point of view of the position of attributes in the nominal phrase, they may be:ДЄ) premodifying (i.e. We saw a large black and white hunting dog there.ДЄnd for a moment I hesitated, unable to start talking.Дetached attributes are separated by commas. If attributes form a string with different reference (in which case their order is fixed) no commas are required: There were yellow, white, and crimson flowers in the garden. Attributes with identical reference are usually interchangeable and are set off by commas or joined by a conjunction: Non-detached premodifying attributes may be unextended, consisting of one word only, or form chains of homogeneous attributes with identical reference. I know a place around the corner where we can have a cup of strong coffee.ДЇrom the point of view to their connection with the headword and other parts of the sentence, attributes may be divided into:ДЄ) non-detached (close) attributes.Non-detached attributes form one sense group with their headword and are not separated form it by commas: There were no signs of his supporting us. This is a lesson for you to remember for the rest of your life. There are two predicative complexes that can function as an attribute вЂ• the For-to-Infinitive Construction and the Gerundial Predicative Complex:

The sand glittered like whitesugar in the sun.Д¬) a predicative complex. Like any part of the sentence, from the point of view of its structure the attribute can be expressed by:ДЄ) a single word-form (synthetic and analytical):

The Attribute is a secondary part of the sentence which refers to a noun or another word of nominal nature (pronouns, substitute words), thus forming a nominal phrase with its headword.

Mainstage 3.3 attributes