Saturday, July 22, 2017

sentence construction - such..that / so.. that


Here's a sentence.



Feeling flushed is such a natural response to sudden self-consciousness that if it weren't part of an emotionally crippling experience, it could almost be overlooked.




and can I rewrite like the following?



Feeling flushed is so natural a response to sudden self-consciousness that if it weren't part of an emotionally crippling experience, it could almost be overlooked.




Answer



"So [adjective] a [noun]" is a valid, though perhaps slightly old-fashioned, pattern. So yes, that rephrasing works.


See Damkerng T's answer to a similar question with another citation.


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