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Hanuman_2000 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

genius

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001. What genius!02br
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002.He is a genius.02br
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00If "genius" is countable then why "a" has not been used in the sentence (1)?02br
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00Is (1) correct?0-
  

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0 Hi, Hanuman02br 02br 00#1 is wrong. 02br 02br 00paco 0-

— Paco2004

  • 0 Hi, Hanuman02br 02br 00#1 is wrong.
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0 Hi, Hanuman02br
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00#1 is wrong. It should be "What a genius he is!".02br
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0 Paco, and Hanuman - "What genius!" is possible, but it is not the same as "What a genius (he is)!" In "what genius," "genius" refers not to a person (01i00a02i00 genius) but to an abstract quality, like "wisdom" or "beauty." Thomas Edison supposedly said "Genius is 1 percent inspiration, and 99 percent perspiration." (It would be quite different if he had said "01i
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0 I see! Yes, "what genius" could be correct when "gennius" is used in that sense. Thanks for the remark.02br
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