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Stenka25 Posted 14 years ago
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Such a tiny kitchen vs. so tiny a kitchen
The question below is from a test for Taiwan Police College.
The answer seems like (D) .
[There's no anwer, though.]
But I don't see why (B) is wrong.
Since there usually is only one answer in a mutiple-choice question, this question seems odd to me.
Can you help me?
34. It is ____ that I don’t have to do much to keep it clean.
(A) so tiny kitchen (B) so tiny a kitchen
(C) such tiny kitchen (D) such a tiny kitchen
(E) such tiny a kitchen
The answer seems like (D) .
[There's no anwer, though.]
But I don't see why (B) is wrong.
Since there usually is only one answer in a mutiple-choice question, this question seems odd to me.
Can you help me?
34. It is ____ that I don’t have to do much to keep it clean.
(A) so tiny kitchen (B) so tiny a kitchen
(C) such tiny kitchen (D) such a tiny kitchen
(E) such tiny a kitchen
Top answer
well the obvious correct answer is "such a tiny kitchen" Why? because you need an article wich in this case in "a" so (A) and (C) are wrong. and (B) as well as are both wrong structures!
- well the obvious correct answer is "such a tiny kitchen" Why?
- because you need an article wich in this case in "a" so (A) and (C) are wrong.
- and (B) as well as are both wrong structures!
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well the obvious correct answer is
"such a tiny kitchen"
Why? because you need an article wich in this case in "a" so (A) and
"such a tiny kitchen"Why? because you need an article wich in this case in "a" so (A) and
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Hi,
B is not wrong, but it is seldom said like that. It's rather literary in style. Policemen are unlikely to speak that way!
B is not wrong, but it is seldom said like that. It's rather literary in style. Policemen are unlikely to speak that way!
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Looking at them one by one...."so tiny kitchen" is wrong because you need an article."such tiny kitchen" is wrong for the same reason, you need an article."such tiny a kitchen" is wrong because the article needs to be before the adjective describing the noun.This means that "such a tiny kitchen" is correct, but, I can also see how "so tiny a kitchen" is a possible choice as well. To be on the sa
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