Adjectives that come after the noun

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  1. “For him it was a victory complete and unqualified.”–MACKINTOSH by W. Somerset Maugham
  2. For him it was a victory which was complete and unqualified.
  3. For him it was a complete and unqualified victory.
    I wonder which sentence is natural.
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Sentence 3 is most natural. It is also the strongest way to express the thought in English. Sentence 1 is more poetic. Sentence 2 is awkward.

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In America, we would say #3.

This is an even better way to say it:
“It was a complete and unqualified victory for him.”

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