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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

What/How nice weather! (Are both of them suitable?)

0I know we can say: "01b00What02b00 nice weather!" and "01b00What02b00 lovely flowers!", but I'm not sure if we can replace the "what" with "how", like:02br
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01b01font00How 02font02b00nice weather!02br
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01b01font00How02font02b00 lovely flowers!02br
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00Can I really say in that way? Please give me your opnion, thank you!0-
  

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12br 12br 10Can I really say in that way? 12br 12blockquote 10No, these changes are not correct. 0-

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  • 12br 12blockquote 10No, these changes are not correct.
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01cite10Viceidol12cite10I know we can say: "11b10What12b10 nice weather!" and "11b10What12b10 lovely flowers!", but I'm not sure if we can replace the "what" with "how", like:12br
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0If you want to use "how," you need to include a verb:02br
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00How nice the weather is today! How lovely your flowers are!02br
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00One other option, though less common than "what" is "such" :02br
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00Such nice weather! Such nice flowers!0-
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0May I ask one more question? How about 01b00"01font00How02font00 nice a dress!"02b00? Is this acceptable?02br
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00Thanks again!0-
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0Not really.02br
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00How nice your dress is!02br
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00What a nice dress!0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite12br
10Not really.12br
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10How nice your dress is!12br
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10What a nice dress!12br
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10But I saw a similar structure in one of my grammar books. It reads:02br
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00Miss Langham arm in arm with
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There's nothing wrong with that sentence, it's just old-fashioned. You wouldn't put it that way today, unless perhaps you were teasing.
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