1487: Declaratives and Word Order Jan 7, 2019

As mentioned in another post, some adjectives are able to come after the noun they modify due to certain verbs, which is weird for English. This happens when the verbs are 'declaratives', as discussed in the video here, and essentially this happens when someone uses the language to make a change happen in the word, such as 'He declared the action unlawful'. It acts a bit like a linking verb, but depends on the declarative verb.