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He accepted, but asked so small a salary that to maintain its own standards the Institute had to raise it.(S.B.Z,P,78) (他接受了这一职位,但他要求的薪水很低,研究院为了维持其工资标准,不得不加以提高。) 问:不定冠词一般总是放在别的修饰语之前,如“a very interesting novel”(一本非常有趣的小说,)但“so small a salary”这个词组中不定冠词的位置却紧置于所修饰的名词之前,这是为什么答:当作定语的形容词又接受so,too,as,however等副词修饰时,不定冠词应置于被修饰的名词之前,