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Angliholic  #429254  Wed, 10 Oct 07 11:33 AM
He is such a drunk/drunken man that he cannot hold the pen tight.


Do both drunk and drunken both fit in the context? If not, why? Thanks.
  
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Feebs11  #429284  Wed, 10 Oct 07 01:23 PM
They are both usable in this structure, but the sentence would more normally be "He/The man is/was so drunk that ....
  
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Angliholic  #429295  Wed, 10 Oct 07 01:50 PM

Thanks, Feebs.

I get it now.
  
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