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Maroune
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Dear Colleagues! Need your help again : Are these statements correct : Lucky me to belong to a such great school! How lucky I am to be a member of such awesome community ! Thx a lot in advance.
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20 Feb 2014
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a.antonides
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Maroune, I would say: �Lucky me belonging to such a great school. How lucky I am being a member of such an awesome community. �Such � is used before uncountable nouns, �such a � before countables. There are exceptions as always.. There is no such person. Regards, Anke |
20 Feb 2014
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yanogator
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@Anke, "There is no such person" isn �t an exception; it is a continuation of the rule that you gave so well. For negatives, use "There is no such..." for singular or uncountable nouns, and "There are no such..." for plural nouns. @Maroune, I agree with Anke, but I would tend to use the infinitive, rather than the present participle, especially in the second sentence. In the first sentence, I would put a comma after "me" if I used the participle. Lucky me, belonging to such a great school. That sentence is difficult to parse in either case. I guess the entire sentence would be considered to be an interjection. Bruce |
20 Feb 2014
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a.antonides
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Thanks, Bruce. I �d love to hear you play that accordion one time:-) Anke |
20 Feb 2014
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elderberrywine
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I`d love to see Bruce FULL STOP one time :-)
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21 Feb 2014
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yanogator
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@elderberrywine,Are you telling me to butt out?  |
24 Feb 2014
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