Poor a man and a poor man

[nq:1]What is the difference b/w the following two sentences: 1. Mr X is a poor man 2. Mr X is poor a man[/nq]
The first is idiomatic English. The second is not. As a general rule, the article should precede the adjective in phrases like these.

Bob Lieblich
Idiom savant

[nq:1]What is the difference b/w the following two sentences: 1. Mr X is a poor man 2. Mr X is poor a man[/nq]
1 is standard English.
2 standard not English is.

ObAbrvi8nz: b/w is "between" now, is it? What's "black and white", then?
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Ross Howard

[nq:1]What is the difference b/w the following two sentences: 1. Mr X is a poor man 2. Mr X is poor a man[/nq]
You may be thinking of "Mr. X is so poor a man that..." and "Mr. X is too poor a man (for something, to do something)" and "How poor a man is Mr. X?"
By the way, I'd guess, based on no data, than 90% of Americans would now put "of" before the "a" in all three of those construction

[nq:1]What is the difference b/w the following two sentences: 1. Mr X is a poor man 2. Mr X is poor a man[/nq]
The first one means something. The second is meaningless.

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa