WAEC 2023 English Language · Question 56
Those novels are interesting. I wonder if you can get me …
Question
From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences. Those novels are interesting. I wonder if you can get me ................
- A.others such many
- B.many such others
- C.such many others
- D.many others such
Answer: B. many such others
Explanation written with AI and checked against the answer key
Analyzing the question
The sentence is: "Those novels are interesting. I wonder if you can get me ____." We need the option that puts the determiners and noun substitute in correct order.
The concept: order of determiners
- "Such" is a determiner meaning "of that kind." With a quantifier like "many," the usual order is many + such + noun, e.g., "many such books."
- "Others" is a pronoun meaning "other ones." Here it is the noun substitute, so it comes last.
- Standard pattern: quantifier (many) → such → noun/pronoun (others).
Testing each option
- A. "others such many": the pronoun comes first, so it is ungrammatical.
- B. "many such others": it follows the pattern many + such + others. It is acceptable and matches the expected word order.
- C. "such many others": "such" cannot come before "many" in this way. The correct pattern is "many such," not "such many."
- D. "many others such": "such" is misplaced after the noun substitute.
Answer
The sentence reads: "Those novels are interesting. I wonder if you can get me many such others."
Strictly speaking, "many other such novels" would be the most natural phrasing in everyday English, but among the given options, B is the only one with a grammatically acceptable order.
Exam tip
Remember the order: many → such → noun. For example: "many such problems," "few such cases." "Such" never comes after the noun and is not placed before "many" in this structure. When all the options are shuffled versions of the same words, eliminate those that put the pronoun (others) at the start or the determiner (such) at the end.
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