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Message from mohammad51 posted on 01-05-2024 at 22:11:23 (D | E | F)
Hello
Please review my answers and correct me if I am wrong.
Thank you in advance.
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1. He is a brilliant teacher. Use : 'so' as an amplifier
He is so brilliant. ( I think when an adjective is modified by so, no noun follows)
Not He is so brilliant teacher. But the teacher is so brilliant.

2.What a smart student he is! Use How instead of What
How + adjective\ adverb + noun + verb OR:
How + adjective\adverb + noun + subject +verb
How smart student is! OR How smart student he is!

3.There is a tall tree in the garden. Use 'too' as an amplifier
There is a too-tall tree in the garden.

4. Sami isn't as an efficient teacher as he used to be.( Correct if wrong )

I think it is correct

Re: A group /questions from gerondif, posted on 02-05-2024 at 00:09:50 (D | E)
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1. He is a brilliant teacher. Use : 'so' as an amplifier

He is so brilliant a teacher = he is such a brilliant teacher.

2.What a smart student he is! Use How instead of What
How + adjective\ adverb + noun + verb OR:
How + adjective\adverb + noun + subject +verb
How smart a student he is!

3.There is a tall tree in the garden. Use 'too' as an amplifier
There is a too-tall tree in the garden. Sounds strange.
The tree in the garden is too tall.
There is a tree in the garden that is (much) too tall.

4. Sami isn't as efficient a teacher as he used to be.

Re: A group /questions from mohammad51, posted on 03-05-2024 at 08:01:43 (D | E)
Hello
Thank you very much dear teacher gerondif
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" There is too tall a tree in the garden"

This I searched about and found some similar examples

It is someone asked me these questions to see whether are correct or wrong.

1. Ali is a teacher so brilliant . I see it could be a predicative adjective

2.What a teacher smart he is! I see it is not common ?

3.There is a tree too tall in the garden. I see it is also not common

Re: A group /questions from gerold, posted on 04-05-2024 at 09:40:37 (D | E)
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" There is too tall a tree in the garden" strange, better there is a tree which is too tall in the garden.

~~It is~~ someone asked me ~~these questions to see~~ whether these sentences are correct or wrong.

1. Ali is a teacher so brilliant . I see it could be a predicative adjective I don't think so. A. is so brilliant a teacher or (more natural I think in modern English), A. is
such a brilliant teacher.
2.What a smart teacher ~~smart~~ he is! I see it is not common ? not common and certainly wrong.

3.There is a tree ~~too tall~~ in the garden. I see it is also not common see above

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