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MrCurious Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

so good English/such good English

a) How come you speak so good English?

b) How come you speak such good English?

Are the two sentences correct? Can we use "so+adjective+uncountable noun" structure?
  

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Only sentence (b) is correct. No, I can't think of any situation in which "so+adjective+uncountable noun" would work. In that structure you need a or an : "so+adjective+a/an+noun".

— Yankee

  • Only sentence (b) is correct.
  • No, I can't think of any situation in which "so+adjective+uncountable noun" would work.
  • In that structure you need a or an : "so+adjective+a/an+noun".
  • If you wanted to use an uncountable noun, then you would need to add words: - so bad a piece of advice
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Only sentence (b) is correct.

No, I can't think of any situation in which "so+adjective+uncountable noun" would work. In that structure you need a or an: "so+adjective+a/an+noun". If you wanted to use an uncountable noun, then you would need to add words:

- so bad a piece of advice
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YankeeOnly sentence (b) is correct.

No, I can't think of any situation in which "so+adjective+uncountable noun" would work. In that structure you need a or an: "so+adjective+a/an+noun". If you wanted to use an uncountable noun, then you would need to add words:

- so bad a piece of advice

Thank you Yankee,
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MrCurious
YankeeOnly sentence (b) is correct.

Thank you Yankee,
What about the following sentences?

a) How come you speak English so good ?

b) How come you speak English so well ?


Whic one is correct ?
Neither is correct.

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I assume that YL doesn't like the use of "How come" in your sentences. (?)

You should use "speak English so well".

In very informal language, you might also hear people say "speak English so good" sometimes. However, that is grammatically incorrect.
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