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Kaba - 01 Jan 2010 20:16 GMT

Hi,

I hope I am in the right newsgroup.

Some years ago I saw someone using a sentence similar to:

"This is very good a car."
vs
"This is a very good car."

Is this wrong? If not, how do you do decide which form to use?

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Einde O'Callaghan - 01 Jan 2010 20:35 GMT

> Hi,
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> Is this wrong? If not, how do you do decide which form to use?

In English the article usually comes before the adjective - or in this
case the adverb modifying the adjective.

The first sentence you cite is totally incorrect.

Regards, Einde O'Callaghan

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Kaba - 01 Jan 2010 22:09 GMT

> > "This is very good a car."
> > vs
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>
> The first sentence you cite is totally incorrect.

Thank you.

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Paul - 08 Jan 2010 09:59 GMT

If not, how do you do decide which form to use?

"If not, how do you decide which form to use?"

(Unless of course, the extra 'do' was merely a typing error!)

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Article before or after adjective