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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

when would you use them?

I have difficulty using the following phrases properly. Help.

a such thing

such a thing

such thing
  

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To me, only the second one is correct. "A" can't be placed before "such", and "thing" is a countable noun so requires an article. "

— Ruslana

  • To me, only the second one is correct.
  • "A" can't be placed before "such", and "thing" is a countable noun so requires an article.
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To me, only the second one is correct. "A" can't be placed before "such", and "thing" is a countable noun so requires an article.

For instance, "I would never do such a thing!"
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1. Haven't seen it.
3. It is used quite frequently in no such thing or any such thing:


Far From the Madding Crowd by Hardy, Thomas - Chapter 31
"Do no such thing
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Thank you and Marius.

I think I saw from a post here the phrase "one such thing" being used. Can we use that phrase as such or like that?
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