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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

'such' or 'this'

If you give notice of more than four weeks we shall not be obliged to accept such/this longer notice period.

Should we use such or this or either? I think such because it is not referring to a specific instance, but a hypothetical scenario....

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Hi, If you give notice of more than four weeks we shall not be obliged to accept such/this longer notice period. Should we use such or this or either? I think such because it is not referring to a specific instance, but a hypothetical scenario..

— Clive

  • Hi, If you give notice of more than four weeks we shall not be obliged to accept such/this longer notice period.
  • Should we use such or this or either?
  • I think such because it is not referring to a specific instance, but a hypothetical scenario..
  • We are not usually so fusy about how we say this in a hypothetical situation.
  • These forms are OK.
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Hi,

If you give notice of more than four weeks we shall not be obliged to accept such/this longer notice period.

Should we use such or this or either? I think such because it is not referring to a specific instance, but a hypothetical scenario.. We are not usually so fusy about how we say this in a hypothetical situation.



These forms are OK.
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Hi, Clive

The original was '...to accept such longer notice period'

How come this is wrong?

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Hi,

The original was '...to accept such a longer notice period'

How come this is wrong?

I assume you are asking about 'longer', and not about the 'a' which I added.



I didn't say the version with 'longer' was wrong. I said it sounded awkward.

A comparative adjective is not commonly used in this structure.


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Hi, Clive

The original didn't have an article, so is it ungrammatical?

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Hi,



Yes.

Unless you are perhaps writing some odd and archaic-sounding legal text of some kind.



Clive
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