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Jigneshbharati Posted 6 years ago
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What big teeth you have, Grandma!
How beautiful Cinderella looks in that dress!
I saw the above in my son's book about punctuation.
In the both it says exclamations are used to show strong feelings.
What kind of strong feelings are used in the above examples?
How do we know when to use "what" and "how" at the beginning?
How beautiful Cinderella looks in that dress!
I saw the above in my son's book about punctuation.
In the both it says exclamations are used to show strong feelings.
What kind of strong feelings are used in the above examples?
How do we know when to use "what" and "how" at the beginning?
Top answer
Both sentences express great surprise. Use what with a noun (teeth) and how when no noun follows. CB
- Both sentences express great surprise.
- Use what with a noun (teeth) and how when no noun follows.
- CB
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Both sentences express great surprise. Use what with a noun (teeth) and how when no noun follows.
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[1] What big teeth you have!
[2] How beautiful Cinderella looks in that dress!
Exclamative "what" is an adjective. It always occurs in noun phrases with a following noun head, as in your example [1]. Although "what" is not directly in construction with the adjective "big", it nevertheless indicates a remarkable degree of the property express
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