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Diamondrg Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

so or such?

My boss has .....great energy that he works for more than 15 hours a day without a rest.

a. such b. such a c. so d. so much e. too

what do you think is the answer?
  

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I think both (a) such and (d) so much are grammatically correct. The so much ... that ...

— Rvw

  • I think both (a) such and (d) so much are grammatically correct.
  • The so much ...
  • that ...
  • construction is probably more common.
  • Great energy does not sound entirely natural.
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I think both (a) such and (d) so much are grammatically correct. The so much ... that ... construction is probably more common.

Great energy does not sound entirely natural. One might expect to hear something like:

My boss has such boundless energy that he works for more than 15 hours a day without a rest.

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Googlily
1. Have/has/had such great energy that ; 98 pages
2. Have/has/had such a great energy that ; 22 pages
3. Have/has/had so great energy that ; 0 pages
4. Have/has/had too great energy that ; 0 pages
5. Have/has/had so much great energy that ; 0 pages

I believe "such a great energy" is rather wrong because "energy" is unacco
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how do you google that type of stuff??
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Festisiohow do you google that type of stuff??

Open the page for "Advanced Search" and put the phrase in the box for "Find results with the Extract Phrase" and click "Google Search".

paco
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Hi Paco2004,

I believe your are mentioning 'energy' is non-countable. Right?
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Ahaha.. Yes you are right. I should have written "uncountable" not "unaccountable".

paco
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