"future-forward" PLUS impossible syntax

[Charles C Doyle]

"good a looking"  <  "a-looking good" ?  (I might be able to say "a-looking good"--or at least not be surprised to hear it.)

--Charlie

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Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 8:17 PM


2. A CNN anchor remarks without a hint of a pause or stumble that "many of
my friends are not that good a looking guys." (Instead of "not such
good-looking guys.")

JL

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