Re: Grammar (VLJC)

[IVPAUL42]

In a message dated 3/11/01 7:25:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
writes:

<< As a self-confessed English pedant (now there's a hostage to fortune), I 
am 
 still puzzling over why the following line is being held to be incorrect in 
 any way:
 
 "I didn't know I drank such a lot" >>

The "such a lot" could be considered awkward phrasing compared with "I didn't 
know I drank so much."

Paul I