1. Post-positive is necessary in certain institutionalized expressions.
在某些制度化的表达; 或是成语的使用
例如:the Governor General/Princess Royal/poet laureate/times past
2. Post-position is obligatory when the adjective modifies a pronoun.
在形容代名词的时候 (e.g. something, anything, everything, nothing, everyone, anybody,…+ adj.)
例如:something different/nothing wrong/everyone present /those responsible
3. Post-positive adjectives are commonly found together with superlative, attributive adjectives.
前有限定最高级或all, every, only, the few形容词,则以ible或able做字尾的形容词,放在名词后。但possible例外,可放前后。
例如:the shortest route possible/the worst conditions imaginable/the best hotel available/all things imaginable
4. Some adjectives must be placed in the post-position: akin, alive, present, else
有一些形容词必须置于被修饰的名词的后面。
例如:all things alive/everyone present/mankind alone
5. Some adjectives (responsible, involved, concerned) can have different meanings when they are placed in different positions.
有些形容词像responsible, involved, concerned前置或后置意思不同。
例如:
I’m writing to you as you are the person responsible.
I’m writing to you as you are a responsible person.
a responsible person意为「可信赖的人」「可靠的人」
the person responsible 意为「 负责人」、「主管人」