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postmodification

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  • And this is likely to be reinforced whenever the item turns up within an of-postmodification, as in:

    On the rich's DC 2009

  • And this is likely to be reinforced whenever the item turns up within an of-postmodification, as in:

    Archive 2009-04-01 DC 2009

  • This only works with postmodification: premodifying genitives disallow the: we can't say I'm studying the Aristotle's philosophy.

    On the, again DC 2008

  • And with postmodification the situation is as above: I'm studying the trees of Australia.

    Archive 2008-12-01 DC 2008

  • And with postmodification the situation is as above: I'm studying the trees of Australia.

    On the, again DC 2008

  • This is a restrictive postmodification, so the whole thing has to be taken as the subject, if meaning is to be respected.

    On who(m)ever DC 2008

  • Note that when used with postmodification, the is fine, because the of-phrase in effect acts as a way of identifying a subclass, and thus changes the noun into something specific: I'm studying the philosophy of Aristotle.

    Archive 2008-12-01 DC 2008

  • The postmodification won't affect the case of the pronoun.

    On who(m)ever DC 2008

  • This only works with postmodification: premodifying genitives disallow the: we can't say I'm studying the Aristotle's philosophy.

    Archive 2008-12-01 DC 2008

  • I think it's because the postmodification I find alters the semantics of the subject, allowing an uncountable interpretation.

    On all and all DC 2008

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