Exceptionally, certain short prepositional phrases may also premodify an adjective in attributive position: (www.yywords.com)

※在例外的情況下，某些短的介詞短語也可以前置修飾一個處于定語位置的形容詞：

a by no means irresponsible action

～an action (which is) by no means irresponsible

Compound modifiers usually denoting measurements may have either attributive or postpositive position (note also the foot -feet shift):

※通常表示度量的復合修飾語可以放在定語的位置上，也可以放在所修飾的成分后面（同時注意foot～feet的變化）：

a 5000-foot high mountain (www.hz123456.com)

～a mountain (which is) 5000 feet high

Note We find the postposition of adjectives in poetry in cases where attributive position is the norm elsewhere in the language, eg:

注：我們可以看到，英語中，在其他地方按規范處于定語位置上的形容詞，在詩歌里卻往往置于它所修飾的名詞之后。如：

Ben Battle was a soldier bold... (Thomas Hood)

（待續）

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