About English exclamations

1. There are three sentence patterns for exclamatory sentences introduced with what. At this time, what is an adjective, used as an attributive to modify the noun or noun phrase behind it.

? 1. What +a / an + adjective + countable noun singular + subject + predicate! For example:

? What a fine day it is! (What a beautiful weather!)

? What an old building that is! (What a dilapidated building that is!)

? 2. What + adjective + plural form of countable noun + subject + predicate! For example:

? What good teachers they are! (What good teachers they are!)

? What beautiful flowers these are! (What beautiful flowers these are!)

? 3. What + adjective + uncountable noun + subject + predicate! For example:

? What thick ice we are having here! (How thick the ice is here!)

? What round bread it is! (What a round piece of bread this is!)

? 2. There are three sentence patterns for exclamatory sentences starting with how. At this time, how is an adverb, used as an adverbial to modify the following adjectives and adverbs. or verb.

? 4. How + adjective + subject + predicate! For example:

? How hot it is today! (How hot it is today!)

? How beautiful the flowers are! (How beautiful these flowers are!)

? 5. How + adverb + subject + predicate! For example:

? How hard he works! (How hard he works!)

? How well she sings! (How well she sings!)

? 6. How + subject + predicate! For example:

? How she dances! (How well she dances!)

? Note: In exclamatory sentences caused by what and how, the subject, predicate or other sentence components can often be omitted in spoken language. For example:

? How cold (it is)! What a good girl! What delicious fish!

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