Hello Alan,
A friend of mine asked the following question:
"What a charming person she is!
Can I change the sentence into the following one:
How charming a person she is!"
Are both of the sentence grammatically and semantically identical?
Many thanks.
What vs How
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Re: What vs How
The rephrased version is grammatical but old-fashioned.
I would recommend the first, at least for conversational usage.
I would recommend the first, at least for conversational usage.