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Reegis Posted 9 years ago
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With such a talent / so much talent he has a great future ahead of him.

Hello, everyone.

1) With such a talent he has a great future ahead of him.
2) With so much talent he has a great future ahead of him.

Which sentence, and why, would you use when expressing the thought above?
I know that 'talent' can be both countable and uncountable, yet I somehow fail to see which version should be used in this context.

  

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Reegis 1) With such a talent he has a great future ahead of him. I think I would use this in a situation where I see a person exhibit an extraordinary talent or the one which is highly sought after. Reegis 2) With so much talent he has a great future ahead of him.

  • Reegis 1) With such a talent he has a great future ahead of him.
  • I think I would use this in a situation where I see a person exhibit an extraordinary talent or the one which is highly sought after.
  • Reegis 2) With so much talent he has a great future ahead of him.
  • This I think I would use when I want to highlight the level of talent the person has displayed.
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Reegis1) With such a talent he has a great future ahead of him.

I think I would use this in a situation where I see a person exhibit an extraordinary talent or the one which is highly sought after.

Reegis2) With so much talent he has a great future ahead of him.

This I think I would use when I want to highlight the

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