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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Nouns following "such" and "what," and also from-to phrase

Hi. Please help. I have always wondered whether we have to put an English article after the words "such" and "what" in situations like below. Also please tell me whether articles are required for no. 2. I think for no. 1, the word "opportunity" can be used either generally, in which case it requires no article, or individually, in which case it requires an article. I am sorry for not providing you with a complete sentence
for no. 2.

1. (in dialogue)
A: They made an offer. I could be working in university if I took the offer. Should I take the offer?
B: Yeah. Such opportunity (How about "Such an opportunity"?) does not come every day.

2. From (a?) miraculous birth to (a?) miraculous resurrection, Christ's story is ...
3. (coming out the room in the morning)
Wow, what (a?) beautiful weather we have.
  

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1. Such an opportunity ... because you're talking about an offer.

— CalifJim

  • 1.
  • Such an opportunity ...
  • because you're talking about an offer.
  • An offer ~ an opportunity.
  • 2.
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1. Such an opportunity ... because you're talking about an offer. An offer ~ an opportunity.
2. With or without 'a'. Both are possible.
3. What beautiful weather ... because in English we never say "a weather". It's always uncountable.

CJ
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Hi. Thank you. As for no. 1, could you help me as to conceive a situation where we can use the phrase "such opportunity does not come"? I did the Google Book Search and got approximately 657 hits for the phrase "such an opportunity does not come" and got 6 hits for the phrase "such opportunity does not come."
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Anonymous... a situation where we can use the phrase "such opportunity does not come"? ... got 6 hits for the phrase "such opportunity does not come."
It seems to me that you already have six situations where that phrase is used. Have you checked out those six to see how it's used? You can report them here if you like, and we can talk about them.

C
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Hello Jim,
You wrote :
CalifJim3. What beautiful weather ... because in English we never say "a weather". It's always uncountable.
Does it mean that article " a " before "beautiful" isn't correct ?
Here the "a" article isn't before "weather",what do you think ? I
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everlastinghopeDoes it mean that article " a " before "beautiful" isn't correct ?
That's what it means.

What beautiful weather! Correct.
What a beautiful weather! Wrong.
everlastinghopeI found " what a beautiful weather " like " what a beautiful day " "what a beautiful life" ....etc
It surprises me that you fo
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Here are the link where I found "what a beautiful weather "is correct.(I shouldn't have searched in any website,they sometimes mistake us)
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CJ was answering the question directly asked. Plurals also need no article.

What dreadful weather! -- uncountable
What dreadful shoes! -- countable plural.
What a dreadful question -- countable singular

Your link (which doesn't work) leads to a mistake if it says 'a weather'.
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Thanks for your reply,now I got the idea.

I tried to get into the link I sent you,you must copy all this :
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/%27What beautiful_weather%27_or%27what_a_beautiful_weather%27
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That is an open wiki, everlastinghope—and the sentence just appears as some anonymous question as far as I can see.
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Many thanks for your reply.I would pay more attention next time.
Best regards
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