Dear teachers! I have these two sentences, and my teaching program says the right answer is #2. Is it because so cannot be followed by an article when being in such type of phrase(adjectival?)? Am I right in thinking that I've never met such a good man before., is correct and more in use?
1. I've never met so a good man before.
2. I've never met so good a man before.
Please point out every error in my post.
Thank you in advance.
Aaron
AaronArtDear teachers! I have these two sentences, and my teaching program says the right answer is #2. Is it because so cannot be followed by an article in a noun phrase? [Yes ]
when being in such type of phrase(adjectival?)?Am I right in thinking that I've never met such a good man before [no punctuation here] is correct [Yes ] and more in use [Maybe just a little more in use.]?1. I've never met so a good man before.
2. I've never met so good a man before.
Please point out every error in my post.
Thank you in advance.
Aaron
Remarks above.
CJ
Dear CJ! As always clear and simple. Thank you very much - you are so good a person!
Now that I think of it, 'such a good' sounds more "everyday" while 'so good a' sounds more lofty and formal.
CJ
Ok, I won't call you that!
But, to be serious, fraze.it seems to agree with you onsuch a good, giving far more sentences for it than for the so good a phrase.
https://fraze.it/n_search.jsp?hardm=1&t=0&l=0&p=5&q=such+a+good
https://fraze.it/n_search.jsp?q=so+good+a&l=0&t=0&ffo=false&findid=-1&ff =
Note: the search for so good a shows more results than for such a good, but there are almost no sentences with the exact word combination.
Thanks again to you, dear CJ, and every teacher on these forums- you are the best!
To be honest , my teacher showed me the same sentence today as an example
and in the beginning , i thought he was wrong
but when i thought bout it again and again , it give me some kind of sense
but i wasn't sure , i mean i never heard of this structure being used
still
i am confused and that's why i came here to see answers
but your answers weren't sufficient
sad !!
Keep trying!
Maybe you can find more information on this on another forum.
CJ
The answers were from a post more than 5 years ago. The person who asked the question was very satisfied with CJ's answer.
If you are still confused after reading it, you should ask for more clarification or a simpler explanation.
Do not just throw out a criticism when it's not your post! That is not polite, Red Guava 494.