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MustAsk Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Not that big +plural noun

Hi,

Is it weird to say

"Not that big projects like yours"

In the singular this would be "not that big of a project"

Thanks!
  

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"not that big of a project" is not correct in standard English (someone please correct me if it is accepted as standard in AmE). The correct standard form is "not that big a project". As far as I can think, there is no direct plural of this.

— GPY

  • "not that big of a project" is not correct in standard English (someone please correct me if it is accepted as standard in AmE).
  • The correct standard form is "not that big a project".
  • As far as I can think, there is no direct plural of this.
  • "not that big projects" would be the logical guess, but I don't think this is really acceptable.
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"not that big of a project" is not correct in standard English (someone please correct me if it is accepted as standard in AmE). The correct standard form is "not that big a project". As far as I can think, there is no direct plural of this. "not that big projects" would be the logical guess, but I don't think this is really acceptable.
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If I had to form the plural, I'd probably choose "not such big projects." It's still a bit casual.
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You could say not a project as big as yours or not projects as big as yours. However, I don't know the entire sentence.
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Not that big of a deal is quite common, and other words sometimes get swapped in instead of deal, so I suppose not that big of a project might be heard. You can't directly make a plural out of it, though.
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Very helpful! Thank you all!
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