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Negative NP
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If the prepositional complement is realised as a negative Noun Phrase (NP), the Adposition Phrase (PP) must occur to the left of the adjective, as in the example below:

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Omdat er op hast gjinien grutsk wie
because he of almost nobody proud was
Because he was proud of hardly anybody
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If the prepositional complement is realised as a negative NP, then the PP must occur to the left of the adjective, regardless of the preposition involved. This is shown in the examples below:

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a. *Omdat er grutsk op hast gjinien wie
because he proud of almost nobody was
Because he was proud of hardly anybody
b. Omdat er op hast gjinien grutsk wie
because he of almost nobody proud was
Because he was proud of hardly anybody
c. *Omdat er tefreden mei hast gjinien wie
because he content with almost nobody was
Because he was content with hardly anybody
d. Omdat er mei hast gjinien tefreden wie
because he with almost nobody content was
Because he was content with hardly anybody
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