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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
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How nice a dress that one is! (Is this correct?)

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00We can now see 01b00how02b00 01b01font00serious02font01font00 01u00a problem02u02font01font00 it02font02b00 01font01b00is02b02font00.02br
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01b00How02b00 01b01font00nice02font02b00 01font01b01u00a dress02u02b02font00 01b01font00that one02font02b00 01b01font00is02font02b00! 02br
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01b00How 01font00pretty02font02b00 01font01b01u00a girl02u02b02font01font00 01b00she02b02font00 01b01font00is02font02b00!02br
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00All the four sentences are [01b00How02b00 + 01font01b00adjectives02b02font00 + 01font01b01u00a noun02u02b02font00 +01font01b00 01font00subject 02font02b02font00+ 01font01b00verb02b02font00] structure. I wonder if they are all correct in this strcture. Could you please take your time and check them out for me? Thank you very much!0-
  

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0hi[Y]02br 02br 00as far as i know the last words "is,was " are helping verbs not verbs exactly02br 02br 00ehsan karim0-

— Ehsan karim

  • 0hi[Y]02br 02br 00as far as i know the last words "is,was " are helping verbs not verbs exactly02br 02br 00ehsan karim0-
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0hi[Y]02br
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00as far as i know the last words "is,was " are helping verbs not verbs exactly02br
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0Helping verbs are also categorized as "verbs". 0-
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01i01font00Nymbers 1/3/4 all sound very odd and awkward. 02font02i02br
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01i01font00#2 sounds OK to me, I say that.02font02i02br
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0Hi, Clive.02br
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00I thought the following would be correct. Are they equally wrong?02br
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00How strange of a feeling it was.02br
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00We can now see how serious of a problem it is.02br
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00How nice of a dress that one is.02br
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00How pretty of a girl she is. 02br
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0Hi,02br
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01font00I thought the following would be correct. Are they equally wrong? 00I didn't say 'wrong'. I said 'odd and awkward', and that I'd say it differently.05002font02br
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00Howver, in your revised versions the use of 'of' is wrong. 01i00But02i00, you'll hear a lot of peopl
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0Thank you for your answer, Clive.0-
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