http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3191.21962)http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowCleverGirlsTheyAre/zpknr/post.htm#494411Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:10:56 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:494411Viceidol2http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowCleverGirlsTheyAre/zpknr/post.htm#494411http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-494411.xml<p>Yes, Maple, after I saw Barbara&#39;s reply, I realize what&#39;s going on. It&#39;s just&nbsp;like what you said.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowCleverGirlsTheyAre/zpkwv/post.htm#494330Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:37:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:494330Maple5http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowCleverGirlsTheyAre/zpkwv/post.htm#494330http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-494330.xml<p><BLOCKQUOTE><div>Can I say &quot;How clever girls they are!&quot; </div></BLOCKQUOTE></p> <p>You need an adjective to modify &quot;clever girls&quot;, which seems a <strong>noun </strong>phrase. <em>How </em>has no adjective part of speech. So how can <em>how</em> modify &quot;<em>clever girls&quot;</em>? Thus you can&#39;t say&nbsp; <strong>&quot;How clever girls they are!&quot;</strong> </p> <p>But <em>what </em>has&nbsp;the adjective part of speech. It&#39;s because of this that <em>what</em> can be&nbsp;used before the noun phrase &quot;<em>clever girls</em>&quot;. Thus you can say&nbsp; <strong>&quot;What clever girls they are!&quot;</strong> </p> <p>Well, that&#39;s how I learn such stuff. I hope it&#39;s not wrong.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowCleverGirlsTheyAre/zpkhl/post.htm#494320Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:03:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:494320Grammar Geek2http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowCleverGirlsTheyAre/zpkhl/post.htm#494320http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-494320.xml<p>In normal conversation, use the &quot;It is such...&quot;</p> <p>When I&#39;m talking to babies or my cat, I will say &quot;Such a pretty girl you are, yes, aren&#39;t you? Such a pretty girl.&quot; The inversion is not a very normal way to talk.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowCleverGirlsTheyAre/zpkdj/post.htm#494250Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:05:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:494250Viceidol4http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowCleverGirlsTheyAre/zpkdj/post.htm#494250http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-494250.xml<div>Thank you, Barbara and Khoff.&nbsp; May I ask more about this structure?</div> <div> <div><font color="#ff0000"><strong></strong></font></div></div> <div>I was thinking that we should use &quot;such a ...&quot; after subjcets and verbs. But after I saw Khoff&#39;s reply I know I was wrong.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Like the following&nbsp;examples:</div> <div><strong><font color="#ff00ff">It is</font></strong> <strong><font color="#3366ff">such</font></strong><font color="#3366ff"> <strong>a hard exam</strong></font><font color="#3366ff"><strong>!</strong></font></div> <div><strong><font color="#3366ff">Such a hard exam (<font color="#ff00ff">it is</font>)!</font></strong>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Am I right about this?</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Thank you very much for your help!!</div><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowCleverGirlsTheyAre/zpkcd/post.htm#494227Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:41:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:494227Grammar Geek4http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowCleverGirlsTheyAre/zpkcd/post.htm#494227http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-494227.xml<p>Yours thinks more thoroughly than mine though!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowCleverGirlsTheyAre/zpkcb/post.htm#494225Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:37:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:494225khoff5http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowCleverGirlsTheyAre/zpkcb/post.htm#494225http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-494225.xml<p>Hi, Barb!&nbsp; Great minds think alike!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowCleverGirlsTheyAre/zpkbq/post.htm#494223Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:36:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:494223khoff6http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowCleverGirlsTheyAre/zpkbq/post.htm#494223http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-494223.xmlNo, sorry.&nbsp; Choose one of these instead:</p> <p>How clever the/those/these girls are!</p> <p>How clever they are!</p> <p>What/Such clever girls!</p> <p>What/Such clever girls they are!&nbsp;</p> <p>How nice the weather is today!</p> <p>What/Such nice weather!</p> <p>What/Such nice weather we are having!</p> <p>&nbsp;<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowCleverGirlsTheyAre/zpkbx/post.htm#494221Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:32:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:494221Grammar Geek7http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowCleverGirlsTheyAre/zpkbx/post.htm#494221http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-494221.xml<p>No.</p> <p>How clever the girls are!</p> <p>How nice this weather is!</p> <p>What clever girls they are!</p> <p>What nice weather we&#39;re having!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowCleverGirlsTheyAre/zpkbk/post.htmSat, 29 Mar 2008 02:26:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:494217Viceidol8http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowCleverGirlsTheyAre/zpkbk/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-494217.xml<p>Can I say <strong>&quot;How clever girls they are!&quot;</strong> and <strong>&quot;How nice weather it is!&quot;</strong> ?</p> <p>Thank you for your answer!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>