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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Postpositively #94483 02/04/2003 1:57 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... In between swallowing up MSNBC and reading threads here off and on, I wondered about the definition of redux, that appears to be a popular word here. So, I checked. The MW definition wasn't anything surprising, but I read after the definition: "used postpositively"--and that was a new term for me, so I looked it up, too: placed at the end of another word. Brought back memories of French I. Anyway, in spirit fading at this day waning I offer here a term useful for those of us who hadn't known its existence humble. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Postpositively #94484 02/04/2003 4:58 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta From the entry for postpositive in The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar: Postpositive position is obligatory for adjectives modifying indefinite pronouns and adverbs (e.g. nobody special, somewhere quiet; in certain set expressions (e.g. heir apparent, the body politic); and with some adjectives in particular meanings (e.g. the members present, the parents involved). Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Postpositively #94485 02/04/2003 12:18 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Shoot, and here I was expecting it to be some sort of opposite to prebuttal! ;-) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Postpositively #94486 02/04/2003 12:28 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... It's still a cool, fancy-schmancy word to toss around...when you're in the mood to do so. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Postpositively #94487 02/04/2003 1:59 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 It's when you're sure you were right in the first place after everything is said and done and it all came out right. So, yeah, it sort of is an antonym to prebuttal. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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