It is not often that you get such an opportunity.
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What is the grammatical form and function of "such" ?
Does it mean type or kind in the context?
It seems like an adjective to me as describing the opportunity.
It is not often that you get such an opportunity . Such is an adjective function as a predeterminer (modifier) in the underlined noun phrase. It can be roughly paraphrased as 'of this/that kind'.
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It is not often that you get such an opportunity.
Such is an adjective function as a predeterminer (modifier) in the underlined noun phrase.
It can be roughly paraphrased as 'of this/that kind'.