Before Or After

[Ayed]

Hi , usingenglish mates!How you doing? I hope you be in good condition.

I have been absent from you for being busy with some familial circumstances and works .As you do know , life is “ups and downs” for everyone.Anyway, I hope to be in contact with you, pals,as possible as I can.

Kindly, my questions be corrected :

Q-Which is correct?As I know that modifiers in English precede the modified element .However, I think there are some exceptions concerning this case.
I translted an Arabic text as :
--The pottery bowl was not burnt very well.
But, the archeaologist replaced it with :
--The pottery bowl was not very well-burnt.
Both of us are non-English native speakers?
Who is correct ?
Thank you in advance,

 

[Red5]

:hi: Hi Ayed! Welcome back. ;-)

 

[MikeNewYork]

Hi , usingenglish mates!How you doing? I hope you be in good condition.

I have been absent from you for being busy with some familial circumstances and works .As you do know , life is “ups and downs” for everyone.Anyway, I hope to be in contact with you, pals,as possible as I can.

Welcome back!

Kindly, my questions be corrected :

Q-Which is correct?As I know that modifiers in English precede the modified element .However, I think there are some exceptions concerning this case.
I translted an Arabic text as :
--The pottery bowl was not burnt very well.
But, the archeaologist replaced it with :
--The pottery bowl was not very well-burnt.
Both of us are non-English native speakers?
Who is correct ?
Thank you in advance,

There are many cases in which modifiers come after the word they modifiy.

Your example is a case of a predicate adjective after a linking verb. Your first sentence is an example of the passive voice, formed by [to be] + [past participle]. Some one or something burned the pottery bowl. It could be "The pottery bowl was not burnt very well by the potter." Your second example, IMO, changes that to a predicate adjective, using the participle to describe the pot.

 

[RonBee]

Hi , usingenglish mates!How you doing? I hope you be in good condition.

I have been absent from you for being busy with some familial circumstances and works .As you do know , life is “ups and downs” for everyone.Anyway, I hope to be in contact with you, pals,as possible as I can.

Kindly, my questions be corrected :

Q-Which is correct?As I know that modifiers in English precede the modified element .However, I think there are some exceptions concerning this case.
I translted an Arabic text as :
--The pottery bowl was not burnt very well.
But, the archeaologist replaced it with :
--The pottery bowl was not very well-burnt.
Both of us are non-English native speakers?
Who is correct ?
Thank you in advance,

I would say:

• The pottery bowl was not burned very much.

That is the way I would put it if the burning was not considered a good thing, which is usually the case.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Hi , usingenglish mates!How you doing? I hope you be in good condition.

I have been absent from you for being busy with some familial circumstances and works .As you do know , life is “ups and downs” for everyone.Anyway, I hope to be in contact with you, pals,as possible as I can.

Kindly, my questions be corrected :

Q-Which is correct?As I know that modifiers in English precede the modified element .However, I think there are some exceptions concerning this case.
I translted an Arabic text as :
--The pottery bowl was not burnt very well.
But, the archeaologist replaced it with :
--The pottery bowl was not very well-burnt.
Both of us are non-English native speakers?
Who is correct ?
Thank you in advance,

I would say:

• The pottery bowl was not burned very much.

That is the way I would put it if the burning was not considered a good thing, which is usually the case.

That's a good point. I had assumed it was part of the process of creating the bowl. :wink:

 

[Ayed]

thank you all.

which is the best to choose?

 

[Ayed]

thank you all
shokran lukom

 

[MikeNewYork]

thank you all
shokran lukom

You're welcome.

 

[Tdol]

Wouldn't the bowl be 'fired' rather than 'burnt' if you're referring to the process of making it. ;-)

 

[MikeNewYork]

Wouldn't the bowl be 'fired' rather than 'burnt' if you're referring to the process of making it. ;-)

That sounds better, doesn't it?

 

[Ayed]

[/quote]That sounds better, doesn't it?[/quote]

Anyway, shokran lukom. You are the nativespeakers andhave intuitionmuch more than I do.

Thank you

 

[RonBee]

Wouldn't the bowl be 'fired' rather than 'burnt' if you're referring to the process of making it. ;-)

That's what I was thinking, Tdol. (Very close, anyhow.)



Regards,

Ron the Poet

:wink:

 

[MikeNewYork]

That sounds better, doesn't it?[/quote]

Anyway, shokran lukom. You are the nativespeakers andhave intuitionmuch more than I do.

Thank you [/quote]

You're welcome. We always straighten these things out in the end. :wink:

 

[rocos]

Welcome!

 

[MikeNewYork]

Welcome!

:hi: