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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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He was so quick a runner that I couldn't catch him.

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It's grammatically correct, but these alternatives sound more natural: He was such a quick runner that I couldn't catch him. He ran so quickly that I couldn't catch him.

  • It's grammatically correct, but these alternatives sound more natural: He was such a quick runner that I couldn't catch him.
  • He ran so quickly that I couldn't catch him.
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It's grammatically correct, but these alternatives sound more natural:

He was such a quick runner that I couldn't catch him.

He ran so quickly that I couldn't catch him.

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