Viceidol  +  492989 Wed, 26 Mar 08 03:02 AM I know we can say: "What nice weather!" and "What lovely flowers!", but I'm not sure if we can replace the "what" with "how", like: How nice weather! How lovely flowers! Can I really say in that way? Please give me your opnion, thank you! Viceidol Joined on Wed, Jul 11 2007 Taiwan Regular Member 540

	RayH  +  492996 Wed, 26 Mar 08 03:18 AM Viceidol “ I know we can say: "What nice weather!" and "What lovely flowers!", but I'm not sure if we can replace the "what" with "how", like: How nice weather! How lovely flowers! Can I really say in that way? Please give me your opnion, thank you! ” No, these changes are not correct. RayH Joined on Sat, Mar 22 2008 Contributing Member 1,555 Native speaker of U. S. English. Not a grammar expert.

	khoff  +  492997 Wed, 26 Mar 08 03:22 AM If you want to use "how," you need to include a verb: How nice the weather is today!  How lovely your flowers are! One other option, though less common than "what" is "such" : Such nice weather!  Such nice flowers!   khoff Joined on Sun, Mar 6 2005 Senior Member 3,272 Native speaker of American English (but not a grammar expert) Verbs

	Grammar Geek  +  493008 Wed, 26 Mar 08 04:06 AM Not really. How nice your dress is! What a nice dress! Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,671 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Viceidol  +  493047 Wed, 26 Mar 08 06:10 AM Grammar Geek “ Not really. How nice your dress is! What a nice dress! ” But I saw a similar structure in one of my grammar books. It reads: Miss Langham arm in arm with Mr. Peabody—how astonishing a sight! May I ask is this sentence is wrong? Thank you!! Viceidol Grammar