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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
An impossible job
Which is correct to say an impossible job to do or impossible a job to do?
Top answer
The first works. The second doesn't.
- The first works.
- The second doesn't.
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Hercules was given an impossible job to do.
How impossible a job to do is that?
How impossible a job to do is that?
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AlpheccaStarsHow impossible a job to do is that?I didn't think of that
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Do you really need the words 'to do? Can't you just speak of an impossible job?
Clive
Clive
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AlpheccaStarsHercules was given an impossible job to do.How impossible a job to do is that?Thanks for the reply. Is there any rule of thumb how to use the determiner here, i.e. before or after the adjective?
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CliveDo you really need the words 'to do? Can't you just speak of an impossible job?CliveYes, I need it with the emphasis on "to do".
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Anonymous Is there any rule of thumb how to use the determiner here, i.e. before or after the adjective?Use the article before the adjective in most cases to make a noun phrase.
The second sentence (with the adverb of degree "how") is an exception.
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AlpheccaStarsUse the article before the adjective in most cases to make a noun phrase.The second sentence (with the adverb of degree "how") is an exception.I see. Thanks.
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