Verb (used with object), : The adverb "out" of "put the light out" is preposed in "put out the light.". From Dictionary.com.
There is no instance of a non-quantifying adjective preposed to the noun in Etruscan, whereas quantifying adjectives like numerals may prepose the noun as demonstratives do. From Wordnik.com. [Ipa ama hen] Reference
Pullum explains in precise and formal terms: "In English you can take not only an adjunct but also a predicative complement or a nonfinite catenative complement and prepose them pop them at the front of the clause for a special effect.". From Wordnik.com. [Themes and rhemes and XSV: Smiled as the wonder I pondered] Reference
What would you prepose to stop or cut down all that waste?. From Wordnik.com. [NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Podcast | PBS] Reference
I want some real action and je prepose a two night extravaganza, not unlike the leaders debates. From Wordnik.com. [Progressive Bloggers] Reference
` Senhor Pumpkin, 'says he, ` you are Conrad ob de Mountains,' -- ('cause he guess who he was by dat time); ` how you prepose to go ober de mountains? '. From Wordnik.com. [The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America] Reference
Even the neo-classicals back away from this idea - which is why they prepose the much more wooly idea that interest and aggrandizement of goods is the same. From Wordnik.com. [Limited, Inc.] Reference
"I prepose we support a one-month limit on going steady. From Wordnik.com. [ronin622 Diary Entry] Reference
The criteria I would prepose are the following. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
"But how long does you prepose to look on, massa?. From Wordnik.com. [The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar] Reference
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