A question about "So" and "Too".
Is it correct if we say:

"He is so smart a boy that he got full marks in all subjects."

and is this sentence correct too?:

"It was too cold a night to go out."

I know I can use "such ..that" but I'm asking if this form is correct :

so/too +adjective +a/an+singular noun

Thanks in advance..

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A question about "So" and "Too".
Is it correct if we say:

"He is so smart a boy that he got full marks in all subjects."

and is this sentence correct too?:

"It was too cold a night to go out."

I know I can use "such ..that" but I'm asking if this form is correct :

so/too +adjective +a/an+singular noun

Thanks in advance..

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I think that you are correct. Your second example is fine. The first one sounds a little unnatural to me, but is not obviously wrong. Perhaps it is just that the 'such' form would be used in preference.

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They're correct, but also very formal.

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They look alright to me. And the general grammar structure is correct, too.

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Thank you all..I have checked that in a grammar book which asserted that this form is found in the literature and that it is not very common in daily speech...Thanks again for all of your answers.

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The first sentence would be better, and more natural, as " he is such a smart boy that...".

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