i-AdjectiveのNoun possible in special cases?


This might be a simple "no its just wrong" question but it just bugs me the
last few days:

Is it possible to use an i-adj with の and a Noun if I use the の in a
placeholder construct like

Q:どっちのほうがいいです?

A: 新しいの

Using this の but adding a noun after that like "背が高いの方" meaning the "Person
that is large".




> "no it's just wrong" :-)

In your reply 新しいの, the の means "one", as in "the new one". This の behaves
like a noun and the i-adjective directly modifies this.

背が高いの would be grammatical ("the one who is tall") though I think it would be
very rude and non-standard.

背が高い方 would be grammatical ("the person who is tall"). Again the i-adjective
directly modifies the noun.

背が高いの方 is not grammatical. This の cannot be the one that means "one" because
you cannot put two nouns next to each other (の方). Also "the tall one person"
sounds weird even in English. In the other way of using の, XのY, X and Y must
both the nouns/noun phrases and you have 高い/背が高い in the X position which is
not a noun/noun phrase, so it must be ungrammatical.




> "no it's just wrong" :-)

In your reply 新しいの, the の means "one", as in "the new one". This の behaves
like a noun and the i-adjective directly modifies this.

背が高いの would be grammatical ("the one who is tall") though I think it would be
very rude and non-standard.

背が高い方 would be grammatical ("the person who is tall"). Again the i-adjective
directly modifies the noun.

背が高いの方 is not grammatical. This の cannot be the one that means "one" because
you cannot put two nouns next to each other (の方). Also "the tall one person"
sounds weird even in English. In the other way of using の, XのY, X and Y must
both the nouns/noun phrases and you have 高い/背が高い in the X position which is
not a noun/noun phrase, so it must be ungrammatical.

