Can you use an adjective after a noun?

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I got it in years former.

Can you use an adjective after a noun in this way?

I (pronoun, subject)
got (verb, transitive)
it (pronoun, direct object)...

After that I do not understand what the words are, maybe a prepositional phrase? Can you use an adjective after a noun like this?

I is a pronoun; and it is not an object here, it is a subject... I also think you need to clarify your question in the last sentence a bit. — Lucky, Commented May 23, 2015 at 1:09
See "matters spiritual" versus "spiritual matters" and the link to Why do some adjectives follow the nouns they modify? on ELU. — user6951, Commented May 23, 2015 at 1:49

WhatRoughBeast · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-23 01:42:21Z

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Yes, you can, but it is normally seen as a self-consciously "poetic" construction:

"I sing the body electric" - Whitman

although a few relatively common figures of speech follow the pattern, such as

"the body politic" and "times past".

answered May 23, 2015 at 1:42

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