2.63 USAGE NOTE
The adjectives 'designate', 'elect', 'galore', 'incarnate', and 'manqué' are only used immediately after a noun.
- She was now president elect.
- There are empty houses galore.
2.64
The adjectives 'tall', 'long', 'wide', and 'old' are used immediately after measurement nouns when giving the size, duration, or age of a thing or person. This use is fully explained in paragraph 2.270.
- ...six feet tall.
- ...three metres wide.
- ...twenty five years old.
2.65
The adjectives 'concerned', 'involved', 'present', 'responsible', and 'proper' have different meanings depending on whether you put them in front of a noun or immediately after one. For example, 'the concerned mother' describes a mother who is anxious, but 'the mother concerned' simply refers to a mother who has just been mentioned.
- ...the approval of interested and concerned parents.
- The idea needs to come from the individuals concerned.
- ...one of those incredibly involved spy switches.
- The songs involved are 'That'll Be the Day' and 'In Spite of All the Danger'.
- ...the present international situation.
- Of the 18 people present, I know only one.
- ...parents trying to act in a responsible manner.
- ...the person responsible for his death.
- ...a proper training in how to teach.
- ...the first round proper of the FA Cup.
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The adjectives 'available', 'required', 'suggested', and 'affected' can be used in front of a noun or after a noun without any change in meaning.
- Newspapers were the only available source of information.
- ...the number of teachers available.
- ...the required changes.
- You're way below the standard required.
- ...the cost of the suggested improvements.
- The proposals suggested are derived from successful experiments.
- Aside from the affected child, the doctor checks every other member of the household.
- ...the proportion of the population affected.