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Grammar: a special case of omission of relative pronoun

 
 
KaJe
 
Reply Sun 21 Jan, 2018 09:31 am
I don’t know if one can say something like this:

This time, too, everything usual in such days has really happened.
They’ve offered us cakes traditional on this holiday.
He is a man happy everywhere.

I.e. I would like to omit ’which are,’ ’who is,’ etc. thinking the sentence is better if being shorter. My problem is that the attribute is not a simple adjective but with some addition. So I’m talking about an everywhere-happy man, so to say. About such kind of cakes which are the traditional, special elements of this feast. And of course, about things which are the feature of this kind of days.
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centrox
 
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Reply Sun 21 Jan, 2018 09:39 am
@KaJe,
This time, too, everything usual in such days has really happened.
They’ve offered us cakes traditional on this holiday.
He is a man happy everywhere.

Yes, these are perfectly acceptable.

He is a man keen to succeed.
This is a car ready to go.
These are songs traditional at Christmas.
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PUNKEY
 
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Reply Sun 21 Jan, 2018 01:34 pm
During this time, everything usual has happened.
They’ve offered us traditional cakes on this holiday.
He is a man, happy anywhere.
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KaJe
 
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Reply Sun 21 Jan, 2018 01:44 pm
Thanks to both of you!
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