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Phrase: He is so poor a man that everybody is worry for him.



 
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Phrase: He is so poor a man that everybody is worry for him. #1 (permalink) Wed Mar 18, 2009 22:29 pm   Phrase: He is so poor a man that everybody is worry for him.
 

Hello! Is it correct to say 'he is so poor a man that everybody is worry for him.'Can we use so +adjective+noun+that
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hello #2 (permalink) Wed Mar 18, 2009 22:42 pm   hello
 

He is so poor a man that everybody worries about him.

Can we use so +adjective+article+noun (singular)+that? Yes, or you can say: "He is such a poor man that..."
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Phrase: He is so poor a man that everybody is worry for him. #3 (permalink) Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:11 pm   Phrase: He is so poor a man that everybody is worry for him.
 

If you worry for someone, it means that you do the worrying so that he won't have to.
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