 Some adjectives can only be used predicatively; they cannot be used attributively. You can say:
She was alone.
 but you cannot say:
I saw an alone woman.
 Some adjectives can only be used attributively; they cannot be used predicatively. You can say:
It was a mere skirmish.
 but you cannot say:
The skirmish was mere.
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