Fold scarf 101 Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Such vs such a

1. Fire is such strange power.

2 Fire is such a strange power.


Are both grammatically correct?

  

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fold scarf 101 Are both grammatically correct? No. Only 2 is correct.

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fold scarf 101Are both grammatically correct?

No. Only 2 is correct.

The pattern is "such a/an" plus a singular countable noun.

Such a conflict never took place.
Such a plan could put pressure on the company.
The engineers called such a device dangerous.

Use just "such" with a plural noun: