Timeline for Why can the adjective “afraid” be used this way (before a noun clause) in this sentence?
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| Dec 8, 2014 at 16:07 | comment | added | shawnt00 | @oerkelens, I'm referring to the part where you said an afraid king would be wrong. | |
| Dec 5, 2014 at 19:16 | comment | added | oerkelens | @shawnt00 Nobody disputes that it's fine as attributive - there just was some confusion as to whether post-positive meant no noun at all could follow it. So, no, I think it;s not just you, there seems to be quote a broad consensus :) | |
| Dec 5, 2014 at 18:09 | comment | added | shawnt00 | Attributive afraid doesn't sound so horrible to me although it is clearly listed as postpositive in multiple references. Is it just me? | |
| Dec 3, 2014 at 0:40 | vote | accept | dennylv | ||
| Dec 2, 2014 at 19:57 | comment | added | Araucaria - Not here any more. | +1 you forgot to add on ELL though, and far more accurately on the top voted answers on ELU! :D | |
| Dec 2, 2014 at 11:10 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | And then there's always this version: "I'm afraid he built a castle." (But, in that case, afraid modifies "I", not "he", so that one's fine as-is.) | |
| Dec 2, 2014 at 7:25 | history | answered | oerkelens | CC BY-SA 3.0 |