literary postmodification

[navi tasan]

Which are correct:

1-Soldiers timid and cowardly don't fight well.

2-She was a woman tall and beautiful.
3-She was a woman magnificently dressed.

4-I talked to the woman tall and beautiful.
5-I talked to the woman magnificently dressed.

[RonBee]

Which are correct:

1-Soldiers timid and cowardly don't fight well.

2-She was a woman tall and beautiful.
3-She was a woman magnificently dressed.

4-I talked to the woman tall and beautiful.
5-I talked to the woman magnificently dressed.

Sentences 2 and 3 seem natural enough to me. Instead of the first sentence, I would say:

Soldiers who are timid and cowardly don't fight well.

Instead of the fourth sentence, I would say:

I talked to the tall, beautiful woman.

Instead of the fifth sentence, I would say:

I talked to the magnificently dressed woman.

~R