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What does this sentence express?
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Nizarsouth
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What does this sentence express?
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Hi colleagues;
What does this sentence express?
What a teacher he was!
Thanks a lot or your help.
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10 Jan 2013
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falafel
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Hi dear friend. This sentence expresses surprise. These are two rules to express surprise:
What a + Noun !
How + Adj ! |
10 Jan 2013
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ebrahmi
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I old my pupils that it expressed ADMIRATION because the biographer admires the qualities of A.G. Bell as a teacher of the deaf. |
10 Jan 2013
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oumsalsabil
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the sentence is used in exclamation to express surprise the same as this one: what big feet you �ve got ! ( with an exclamation mark at the end) In this case "what" is not a question word but a determiner. |
10 Jan 2013
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cunliffe
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Yes, it means what a fantastic teacher he was. It expresses admiration, not surprise.
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10 Jan 2013
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haythem
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the sentence expresses surprise |
10 Jan 2013
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MoodyMoody
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What a ... can express surprise, but in this case I 100% agree with Lynne that it expresses admiration. A couple of other examples: "What a man!" (He is big and strong.) "What a woman!" (She has a fabulous figure, unlike mine, alas.) |
10 Jan 2013
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