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Could one say:
1-I was driving a car recently repaired.
instead of:
2-I was driving a recently repaired car.


Could one say:
3-I was living in a house extremely comfortable.
instead of:
4-I was living in an extremely comfortable house.
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Old 30-Apr-2006, 23:49
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#1 sounds poetic/overly stylized because there is no further modification: I was driving a car [that was] recently repaired by my brother-in-law. It is possible, however.

#3 is not possible because comfortable, and most descriptive adjectives, cannot post-modify. Past participles like 'repaired' can sometimes do so, as they represent an adjective clause like the one indicated above.
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