Hello there, lovely profile, yours.

[Ibiscus]

Hello there,

Here is my doubt.
I want to pay a compliment to a person and was wondering if the construction of this sentence is correct:

Hello there, lovely profile, yours.

What I'm not sure about is the position of "yours" (in this case after the adjective). Is it still correct? I was just trying to avoid the typical name + to be + adj construction.

Look forward to hearing from you all, thank you!

Ibiscus

 

[panjandrum]

This structure is correct, though informal.
You're putting the defining part of the sentence after the descriptive part rather than before it.
Your profile is lovely.
It's a lovely profile, yours.
Lovely profile, yours.
I'm not sure I like it in this particular context, but that is probably personal.

 

[Tazzler]

I would say that if you're going for that strange word order it has to be "lovely profile, yours is" with the verb "be."

 

[Ibiscus]

Thank you very much to both!

Ibiscus

 

[Destruida]

Lovely profile, yours.
I'm not sure I like it in this particular context, but that is probably personal.

I like it very much and use it quite frequently, but that, too, is probably personal!

 

[Ibiscus]

I like it very much and use it quite frequently, but that, too, is probably personal!

Glad to hear that, thank you Destruida!

 

[Loob]

I like it very much and use it quite frequently, but that, too, is probably personal!

I think I'd be more likely to use this word order with a demonstrative rather than a possessive:
Nice wine, that!
Comfortable bed, this!

Can you give some more examples of how you would use it with a possessive, Destruida?

 

[Destruida]

Powerful brain, mine.
Quarrelsome family, ours.
Nice horses, theirs.


I think I use it far less often, pehaps never, with the 3rd,pers. singular possossive and if I try, it sounds very clumsy, but I can't explain or justify that.
I suppose it is quite unusual, but not for me, and no-one has ever remarked upon or questioned it until now, so I don't think it can be strikingly so.