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Re: much as a determiner or an adverb?
John Dean (john-dean@frag.lineone.net) 2005/06/16 17:23

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credoquaabsurdum wrote:
> I vote for an adjective. The structure seems fundamentally related to:
>
> "Too lazy a man to respond appropriately"
> "Too boring a day to write something interesting"
> "Too odd a morning to not reply to something like this flippantly"
> "Too geeky a post to reply to in the carefully reasoned manner of a
> language researcher"
>
> I'm also not quite clear on exactly what a determiner is, and well,
> neither are many professional grammarians. Can we restrict a
> determiner to the classic list: definite and indefinite articles,
> possessive adjectives, indicative pronouns, partitives, or must we
> open ourselves to a more open definition where we simply say a
> determiner...determines?
>
> One thing is certainly for sure: too much of nothing can make a man
> feel ill at ease.

Are you suggesting that one man's temper might rise while another man's
temper might freeze?
--
John Dean
Oxford



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