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Olessia Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Adjectives
This question can seem to be easy explainable but still I have some problems to understand why it works this way.
After as, how, so, this (=so) and too, adjectives come before the article.
For instance:
I could never live in as crowded a city as Tokyo.
How crowded a city is Tokyo?
I could never live in Tokyo - it's too crowded a city.
Please give me some clarifications above mentioned examples.
After as, how, so, this (=so) and too, adjectives come before the article.
For instance:
I could never live in as crowded a city as Tokyo.
How crowded a city is Tokyo?
I could never live in Tokyo - it's too crowded a city.
Please give me some clarifications above mentioned examples.
Top answer
Your examples are correct. There is no obvious reason why it works this way. It just a pattern that has to be learned.
- Your examples are correct.
- There is no obvious reason why it works this way.
- It just a pattern that has to be learned.
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Your examples are correct. There is no obvious reason why it works this way. It just a pattern that has to be learned.
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GPYYour examples are correct. There is no obvious reason why it works this way. It just a pattern that has to be learned.Thank you. But I would like to see the logic in these examples.
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In the first case, if we start with the reasonable premise that "as crowded" must remain together, and must precede the second "as", then the possibilities are:
1. "as crowded a city as Tokyo"
2. "an as crowded city as Tokyo"
3. "a city as crowded as Tokyo"
I don't think there is any logical reason why (1) and (3) work but (2) doesn't.
1. "as crowded a city as Tokyo"
2. "an as crowded city as Tokyo"
3. "a city as crowded as Tokyo"
I don't think there is any logical reason why (1) and (3) work but (2) doesn't.
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