Post modification
that comprises all the units all the units placed after
the head:
students from Boston.
Adjuncts used in post-head position are called
post-posed adjuncts.
c)
Mixed
modification
that comprises all the units in both pre-head and
post-head position:
two smart hard-working students from Boston.
Pre-posed adjuncts
Post-posed adjuncts
Pronoun
Adj
N2
N’s
Ven
Ving
Num
D
Adj.
Ven
Prep. №2
Prep Ving
wh – clause, that- clause
Ving
D
Num
In noun-phrases with pre-posed modifiers we generally find adjectives,
pronouns, numerals, participles, gerunds, nouns, nouns in the genitive case (see the
table). According to their position all pre-posed adjuncts may be divided into
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