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How clever girls they are! (?)

0Can I say 01b00"How clever girls they are!"02b00 and 01b00"How nice weather it is!"02b00 ?02br
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0No, sorry. Choose one of these instead:02br
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00How clever the/those/these girls are!02br
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00How clever they are!02br
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00What/Such clever girls!02br
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00What/Such clever girls they are! 02br
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00How nice the weather is today!02br
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00What/Such nice weather
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0Hi, Barb! Great minds think alike!0-
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0Yours thinks more thoroughly than mine though!0-
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0Thank you, Barbara and Khoff. May I ask more about this structure?02br
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00I was thinking that we should use "such a ..." after subjcets and verbs. But after I saw Khoff's reply I know I was wrong.02br
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0In normal conversation, use the "It is such..."02br
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00When I'm talking to babies or my cat, I will say "Such a pretty girl you are, yes, aren't you? Such a pretty girl." The inversion is not a very normal way to talk.0-
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00Can I say "How clever girls they are!" 12blockquote
10You need an adjective to modify "clever girls", which seems a 01b00noun 02b00phrase. 01i00How 02i00has no adjective part of speech. So how can 01i00how02i00 modify "01i00clever girls"02i00? Thus you can'
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0Yes, Maple, after I saw Barbara's reply, I realize what's going on. It's just like what you said.0-
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