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PREDICATIVE
alive 
afraid
alike
asleep
ill
ATTRIBUTIVE
live 
/
 
living frightened similar sleeping sick
They are doing experiments on 
live
 animals/animals which are 
alive
.
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After a spate of vandalism in Spornton, 
the police have reassured concerned 
residents that the persons responsible 
will be caught and punished.
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Adjectives after pronouns, nouns, etc.
Adjectives always come AFTER indefinite pronouns, e.g. 
something
, 
anyone
(
➤
Unit 5.2
):
✗
I’m looking for cheap something.
✓
I’m looking for 
something cheap
.
Some adjectives, including many that end in -
able
and -
ible
, can follow a noun after a 
superlative adjective or after the 
first
/
last
/
next
/
only
: 
✓
The only seat available
 is in the back row.
✓ 
The only available seat
 is in the back row.
Adjectives that are followed by a prepositional phrase, e.g. 
interested in something
, 
suitable for somebody
, go after, not before, a noun:
✗
The project will appeal to interested in ecology students.
✓
The project will appeal to 
students interested in ecology
.
This is similar to a reduced relative clause (
➤
Unit 55.5
). We can also use a full relative 
clause with the adjective in predicative position:
The project will appeal to students