Re: Postnominal Adjectives (Was: postpositive articles in English)

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From: George Battrick
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 23:55

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I'm not sure where in this fragmenting thread to place my examples, but
it puzzles me that 
a) the two ways one road avoids another are called an "underpass" and a
"flyover":
b) the French airline is "Air France", but their phone company is "France
Telecom".

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