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Need help with "a rather" and "rather a"
According to American Heritage Book of English, we should use "rather a" before an unmodified noun such as "it is rather a disaster". But when the noun is modified bothn " a rather " and "rather a" are acceptable such as;
It was rather a boring party.
It was a rather boring party.
They it says that if the adjective itself doesn't allow any modification than you should not use "a rather" as in "The horse was rather a long shot".
What I don't understand here is what does they mean by "adjective itself doesn't allow any modification".
Please someone Help me with that.
GB
It was rather a boring party.
It was a rather boring party.
They it says that if the adjective itself doesn't allow any modification than you should not use "a rather" as in "The horse was rather a long shot".
What I don't understand here is what does they mean by "adjective itself doesn't allow any modification".
Please someone Help me with that.
GB
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Grammarian-bot According to American Heritage Book of English, we should use "rather a" before an unmodified noun such as "it is rather a disaster". But when the noun is modified bothn " a rather " and "rather a" are acceptable such as; It was rather a boring party. It was a rather boring party.
- Grammarian-bot According to American Heritage Book of English, we should use "rather a" before an unmodified noun such as "it is rather a disaster".
- But when the noun is modified bothn " a rather " and "rather a" are acceptable such as; It was rather a boring party.
- It was a rather boring party.
- They it says that if the adjective itself doesn't allow any modification than you should not use "a rather" as in "The horse was rather a long shot ".
- What I don't understand here is what does they mean by " adjective itself doesn't allow any modification ".
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According to American Heritage Book of English, we should use "rather a" before an unmodified noun such as "it is rather a disaster". But when the noun is modified bothn " a rather " and "rather a" are acceptable such as;
It was rather a boring party.
It was a rather boring party.
They it says that if the adjective itself d
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