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Hello, ..
We may well hear, "John is as smart a PhD holder as any would expect"
Likewise, can we say,
He was so hard a puncher that few could go against him in a match. ?
.. still yet, can we just use plain adjectives/modifiers as in,
Sarah was well-educated (or: smart, very intelligent, bright, .. , etc.) a lady who knew better than to take a decision based on a rumor. ?
Thank you.
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Yes, all of those examples are correct.
- Yes, all of those examples are correct.
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"Sarah was well-educated a lady who knew better than to take a decision based on rumor." This isn't entirely correct.
First of all, it's "make a decision," not "take a decision."
But more importantly, you would need to move the article "a." So it would look like this...
"Sarah was a well-educated lady who knew better than to..."
0Sarah was well-educated, a lady who knew better than to take a decision based on a rumor.
Here's how I see it.
well-educated is an adjective, just as you might say Sarah was happy.
The part after the comma is in apposition to Sarah. You see this better if you reword it.
eg Sarah, a lady who knew better than to take a decision based
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