2013/01/22

形容詞の語順について


These nuts were a yummy snack. It's too bad that the English was wrong.
× Nuts Select!!!
Select Nuts
Adjectives basically go in front of nouns. Here, "nuts" is the noun, and "select" is an adjective. It means, according to WordNet 3.0, "of superior grade" or "selected or chosen for special qualifications".
select
【形】(definition from Eijiro on the Web)
    1. 厳選した、えり抜きの
    2. 上等の、優良な
    3.〔会員資格が〕限定された
    4.〔牛枝肉の等級が〕セレクトの◆米農務省の定めた規格で、一般に流通している三つの中では下位の等級。プライム(prime)、チョイス(choice)に比べて脂肪の少ない赤身肉。 
There are some interesting exceptional cases where an adjective comes after a noun in English. This Wikipedia page describes it well, along with examples:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-positive_adjective
Last week, I gave you some select posts from the past. I realized that this blog goes back to 2009. That's a good feeling, knowing that a lot of people have had a chance to study from these posts.

Anyway, this mistake is proof positive (see the Wikipedia link above) that some people need English classes. If that's you, please arrange an appointment with us for a free lesson!
  • proof positive 確証 (definition from Eijiro on the Web)

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