Is it possible the European mind can't comprehend how big North America is?
Antiproton
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It fits perfectly well. The placement changes the emphasis subtly.
"That's a tall fucking building"
"That's a fucking tall building"
The second calls the listener's attention to the emphasized aspect whereas the first might reference the height in relation to other aspects... but would be more context dependent than the second form.
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The Soviet Union was, if not a traditional dictatorship, absolutely a totalitarian autocracy. Stalin was a brutal dictator and his successors were chosen by the communist party. Elections in the USSR were for show.
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