Plural form/That - a

Plural form/That - a
Message de jnv posté le 18-02-2014 à 00:23:01 (S | E | F)
Hello,

I would like to know what would be the plural of these sentences would be
Thank you for your help..
I couldn't afford that big a car.
It was so warm a day that I could hardly work.
She is too polite a person to refuse.
For the first example, is it 'I couldn't afford that big a cars' ?
I'm puzzled because that structure requires 'a' at all cost to work but it seems odd with plural nouns.

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Modifié par lucile83 le 18-02-2014 06:41

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Réponse: Plural form/That - a de gerondif, postée le 18-02-2014 à 00:35:25 (S | E)
Hello,
obviously, a can't be followed by a plural.
I would either say: I could not afford such big cars!
or:
I could not afford * cars that big !
(such modifies cars whereas that modifies big)

I would also change the others:
These were such warm days that I could hardly work.
These days were so warm that I could hardly work.

They were too polite people to refuse
These people were too polite to refuse.

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Réponse: Plural form/That - a de jnv, postée le 18-02-2014 à 00:38:14 (S | E)
Okay, so this exact structure only works with singular sentences/nouns!
Thanks for the reply!

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Réponse: Plural form/That - a de kassie, postée le 18-02-2014 à 09:37:10 (S | E)
comment on dit il elle en anglais :pub au^pluriel

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