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1) How lovely day it is!
But I would prefer - 'How lovely the day is!'
Also, 'What a lovely day!' would work.
2) What a clever boy he is!
Or 'What a clever boy!'
It is a good habit to capitalize when you write, there is no such thing in speaking :)
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| #3 (permalink) Sat Jan 31, 2009 20:08 pm how vs what in an exclamation |
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| It is a good habit to capitalize when you write, there is no such thing in speaking |
Thanks and I will try to capitalize :oops: |
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| #4 (permalink) Sat Jan 31, 2009 20:27 pm how vs what in an exclamation |
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| Gray wrote: |
1) How lovely day it is!
But I would prefer - 'How lovely the day is!'
Also, 'What a lovely day!' would work.
2) What a clever boy he is!
Or 'What a clever boy!'
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Hi Gray..here I would like to ask you something..
When you say 'What a lovely day!' there is no mention of the tense. For example one can exclaim..'what a lovey day it was..' (in past tense) or 'what a lovey day it is...' ( in present tense). But when you suggest 'What a lovely day!' in place of 'How lovely the day is!' does it indicate the real meaning..?.
This same concept applies for your second suggestion also.
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| #5 (permalink) Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:04 am how vs what in an exclamation |
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| Sahid59 wrote: |
| When you say 'What a lovely day!' there is no mention of the tense. |
Hey, I am not a native speaker but my listening vocabulary tells me that the use of the verb is not necessary sometimes in the exclamation like this one. May be, the more emotions we want to put down, we take out more words :)
'What a lovely day!' = 'What a lovely day it is!'
Natives, what do you think?
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