Mike,

The OED classifies "aware" as a predicate adjective, but it has the following 2008 addition:
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DRAFT ADDITIONS DECEMBER 2008 
    aware, adj.
   Generally concerned and well informed, esp. with respect to a particular issue or field; sensitive, 'savvy'. Freq. with modifying adverb indicating the relevant issue or field. Cf. politically aware adj. at POLITICALLY adv. Compounds 1. 
1932 Chicago Daily Tribune 4 Dec. viii. 5/1 (heading) Queries that reach Editor's etiquette desk. Socially aware individual is particular about all the details of conduct. 1938 M. ALLINGHAM Fashion in Shrouds ix. 138 Her naïve delight in her captive would have been disarming, but this morning..it was not quite forgivable and succeeded in striking a démodé note in that aware community. 1971 Acad. Managem. Jrnl. 14 107 Are not..purchasing agents..and ultimate consumers also members of this same society which we have admitted is ever-more environmentally aware and adamant? 1990 Times (Nexis) 24 Oct., People have become extremely aware and price sensitive. 2007 Vanity Fair June (On Time Suppl.) 43/2 The stellar growth of the Chinese economy is set to be another influence on the vintage-watch market as Far Eastern buyers become more horologically aware.
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This suggests something short of full attributive status.  As an attributive adjective "aware" has to be modified or specified in some way, whether by an adverb or demonstrative.

Herb


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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of R. Michael Medley (WW)
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Subject: aware + N

Dear Grammarians,

Could you lend me your grammaticality judgment on the following sentences?

If a student in one of your classes used "aware" as an attributive
modifier of nouns, how would you advise the student?  Please use one the
following ratings for each of the sentences below:

A - perfectly acceptable
B - grammatically acceptable but not stylistically optimal
C - not grammatically acceptable

1. He was a very aware person, and he got more aware as he got older.

2. Knowledgeable and aware nurses can participate in institutional
infection control programs.

3. Music, perhaps more than any other art, appealed directly to the aware
mind, and stirred special emotions in it.

4. Another prerequisite for the success of this comprehensive model is an
educationally aware administration.

If you could let me know your answers by noon tomorrow (Friday) I would be
grateful.  Thanks, Mike


Mike Medley
Eastern Mennonite University
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