"So big a house"

[Joseph Salmons]

> but, joe, are you saying that you use the +of version in writing?  or
> that you avoid both EDM variants in writing?  (there are always work-
> arounds: the box is just too big to fit in there, she's a kid as
> smart as any I ever met, just how interesting is this construction?)
>
I avoid both, but 'such a' is fine.

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