Verb (used with object), : The adverb "out" in "put out the light" is postposed in "put the light out.". From Dictionary.com.
One article I read said that children stick most closely to SOV order and only later after 10? begin to postpose. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: JAPANESE SCRAMBLING?] Reference
I immediately thought of Turkish, which is typologically SOV, but in the colloquial language it's not uncommon to postpose one nominal constituent which may be longer than one word after the verb. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: JAPANESE SCRAMBLING?] Reference
Based simply on the forms found, we must conclude with certainty that the word is overwhelmingly a noun since Etruscan adjectives, which postpose the nouns they modify just as in Modern French, for eg., are never declined unless used as nouns by themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Contradictions with authors' accounts of Etruscan word Rasna] Reference
Now we are stuck, New Orleans hangs like an albatross around our necks to the point where we have to postpose the convention simply because a hurricane is going to make landfall somewhere in the vicinty of New Orleans. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Air » Top Picks] Reference
Myhome is in foreclosure. given the state of the economy, why don’t they postpose all foreclosues until the economy gets a bit more stable…it would keep me in my home if I could work with the lender and they wouldn’t get my home back – it could be good for everyone. From Wordnik.com. [ON THE RADAR: Wednesday] Reference
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