r34 the noun phrase

the noun phrase

.
Personal pronouns are only rarely premodified or postmodified.
See p.

r3s

one or more adjectives. See pp. 160-190. tall girls tall dork girls tall darkhandsome men

zo3.

Silly me.
Poor

oldyou.

a number, another noun,

orthe present participle or past participle

of a verb. three dovs th e railw ay stati on b uffet an annoying hobit an overworked man

Words that go afterthe headword are called postmodifiers. A noun can be postmodified by:

a prepositional phrase (a noun phrase

with

a preposition in

front

of it).
the person in the corner

the
th e

vi

ho u

ew across the v olley se o P P osite th e ch u rch

creatures under the sea

a subordi nate clause See

(usually one begi n ning with who, which or that).'

p.264.
Al t th e w o m en wh o
had g

ath er ed th ere ft n a lly w e nt aw ay'

Milkthat

has been kept too long can go sour.

less commonly, certain adjectives. See p.

t6o.

the princess roYal the presidentelect