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Usenet Posted 23 years ago
Usage
Usage of "today"
a sentence like:
"I'm glad I'm not a today's student."
My correspondent kindly told me that I can't say that and that I have to say:
"I'm glad I'm not a student of today."
My question is, if I could say something like "I'm a monkey's uncle" or "Today's students are...", what is the reason that I cannot say "a today's student"?
-- Nobuko Iwasaki
"I'm glad I'm not a today's student."
My correspondent kindly told me that I can't say that and that I have to say:
"I'm glad I'm not a student of today."
My question is, if I could say something like "I'm a monkey's uncle" or "Today's students are...", what is the reason that I cannot say "a today's student"?
-- Nobuko Iwasaki
Top answer
" My correspondent kindly told me that I can't say ... [/nq] If you want to use this form, I can't see why you can't say "I'm glad I'm not today's student". Just drop the "a".
- " My correspondent kindly told me that I can't say ...
- [/nq] If you want to use this form, I can't see why you can't say "I'm glad I'm not today's student".
- Just drop the "a".
- Preferable would be "I'm glad I'm not a student today".
- I don't like "a student of today".
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[nq:1] a sentence like: "I'm glad I'm not a today's student." My correspondent kindly told me that I can't say ... like "I'm a monkey's uncle" or "Today's students are...", what is the reason that I cannot say "a today's student"?[/nq]
If you want to use this form, I can't see why you can't say "I'm glad I'm not today's student". Just drop the "a". Preferable would be "I'm glad I'm not a stud
If you want to use this form, I can't see why you can't say "I'm glad I'm not today's student". Just drop the "a". Preferable would be "I'm glad I'm not a stud
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