Where is the usual place of a prepositional phrase used as a noun modifier in English? Can it be used before the noun?

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Faisal Mustafa

Probably a corpus search will answer your question. Check https://corpus.byu.edu/coca

Good luck.

Evan Shreeve Smith

Yes, often in informal speech, as in, "He's an [on-the-go]pp man." See also T. Ernst, THE SYNTAX OF ADJUNCTS.

Hazim Al Dilaimy

Thank you very much, Evan. The usual place of a prepositional phrase used as a modifier is its occurrence after the noun it modifies, ( I saw the man in the street yesterday). If a prepositional phrase occurs before the noun, it could be used for emphasis.