Practicing exclamations?

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I'm practicing exclamations. Please check my practicing on some sentences.

[1] What a beautiful house it is!
-> How beautiful this house is! ( correct?)

[2] How he wished he had been there!
-> What a wishful he had been there! ( I'm not sure whether this is right, could you change the origin sentence with "what" for my study?)

Thank you for your teaching in advance.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

Son James[1] What a beautiful house it is!-> How beautiful this house is!

OK.

Son James[2] How he wished he had been there!

OK.

Son JamesWhat a wishful he had been there! -- Wrong

No meaning. I can think of no way to incorporate 'what' offhand. There is no noun referent for it.

Son James · Answer

Thanks to your answer that there is no noun referent for it, I could learn what is the difference between the exclamations with how and with what. Thank you so much for your answer,Mr.Micawber<img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/10.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/10.gif' alt='Emotion: embarrassed'/>

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