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English grammar (ENG):-
(1)Adjectives can be used attributively when placed before noun,when they qualify a noun,not used predicatively:-eg:-total failure---absolute happiness.---atomic bomb----indoor pool.-----main point----main ingredient----total amount----utter exhaustion.
(2)Adjectives can be used in two ways:-attributively, predicatively.
Adjectives are used attributively when placed before noun,when they qualify a noun,eg:-She is a glad woman.He is a hardworking boy.
Adjectives are used predicatively when they form the predicate with the verb to be or other verbs of incomplete predication.That is a white house,the adjective white is used attributively. In the sentence "That house is white." the adjective white is used predicatively,following the linking verb=is.
Other eg.of the predicative use of adjectives after verbs of incomplete predication are:-
She was very glad. The boy was hungry. I thought him to be very intelligent. That kettle makes the water hot. Her efforts proved useless. She has fallen asleep. She dyed her hair pink. She was not glad !


2014-06-17 11:08:32 補充：
She was glad belongs to Concession,manner,reason,Not condition--purpose.(1)She was glad when the serious meeting was over.Glad when you're safe,glad to meet you,glad of your help if you could help me! (2)Idiom:-She is glad to say that she's a glad woman.She'd be glad to lend you the money!

高非博士：

　　　可能你一時想漏，其實glad絕對可以做attributive adjective，如：glad tidings. 和glad day

99% of adjectives are both predicative and attributive adjectives.

1. 這些形容詞 "absolute, atomic, indoor, main, total,utter, ..." are part of the rest of the 99% and can only be attributive. 只能放在名詞前

2. 這些形容詞 "glad, afraid, alive, alone, asleep, ..." are part of the rest of the 99% and can only be predicative. 只能作主語補語 subject complement

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1. 你列的形容詞一定是配名詞的

absolute truth
atomic bomb
indoor sports
main entrance/gate
total failure/success
utter fool

2. glad是狀態的形容詞-不是本質的形容詞，所以形容一個女人快樂/欣慰並不是指她的本質，因此想法上中文也不會講
她是一個欣慰女人
而是說
她(是一個女人)感到好欣慰。

只是由於今天太多玩詞標語：快樂女聲
所以由誤用致誤存資訊...再表達時腦裏便只有錯的文法。

這些形容詞是可放在名詞前

total failure, total number
absolute power, absolute control
atomic structure, atomic number
indoor pool, indoor antenna
main reason, main idea
total failure, total number
utter rubbish, utter nonsense

2014-06-14 01:38:43 補充：
2.
因為 glad 屬于 predicative adjective i.e. adjective that follows a linking verb.
比較 attributive adjective ~ adjective that comes before a noun.