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Atreyyu Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
'so', 'too' - word order
I have recently come across some strange looking sentences:
'I haven't been to so enjoyable a party for ages.'
'That was too boring a book to read.'
I thought it was wrong, because I was accustomed to the word order as with 'such': "This is such an enjoyable party". Why is here the article between the adjective and noun? What is that pattern called, what does it exactly say, and what other words also come before the article?
'I haven't been to so enjoyable a party for ages.'
'That was too boring a book to read.'
I thought it was wrong, because I was accustomed to the word order as with 'such': "This is such an enjoyable party". Why is here the article between the adjective and noun? What is that pattern called, what does it exactly say, and what other words also come before the article?
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Sorry I don't have a name for you, but I think the main difference is that in your original examples, so and too would be considered adverbs while your such example is probably an adjective. ] enjoyable party . In the original examples it's more of a chain reaction - the adjectives modify the nouns and the adverbs modify the adjectives.
- Sorry I don't have a name for you, but I think the main difference is that in your original examples, so and too would be considered adverbs while your such example is probably an adjective.
- ] enjoyable party .
- In the original examples it's more of a chain reaction - the adjectives modify the nouns and the adverbs modify the adjectives.
- You surely wouldn't want the article standing between enjoyable and its modifier so .
- That leaves you with I haven't been to a so enjoyable party or I haven't been to a party so enjoyable.
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Sorry I don't have a name for you, but I think the main difference is that in your original examples, so and too would be considered adverbs while your such example is probably an adjective.
I think such would modify the noun party or the [compound noun?] enjoyable party.
In the original example
I think such would modify the noun party or the [compound noun?] enjoyable party.
In the original example
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AtreyyuI have recently come across some strange looking sentences:Welcome to EF, Atreyyu. There's nothing strange about your examples. The position of the article should be basic grammar for a student of English. The first sentence may not be very co
'I haven't been to so enjoyable a party for ages.'
'That was too boring a book to read.'
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