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[jasonlulu_2000]

We had hoped to give you a chance _______ nobody else ever had.
A. as b. such C. such as D. as such

I absolutely am at a loss which to choose. Could you help me out.

Thanks

Jason

[Mister Micawber]

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Sure: such as.

A chance such as this comes along once in a lifetime.
Planned GOP Budget Cuts Target Programs Such as Foster Care
A Country Such as This (Paperback) by James H. Webb


Do I get a piece of your grade point average?
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"I really do not know that anything has ever been more exciting than diagramming sentences." � Gertrude Stein
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Canadian-American who teaches English for a living at Mr Micawber's

[BourneNOIR]

For some reason... that sounded strange to me...
Mr. Micawber, in your examples "such as" is followed by an object...

A chance such as this comes along once in a lifetime.
Planned GOP Budget Cuts Target Programs Such as Foster Care
A Country Such as This (Paperback) by James H. Webb

But Jason's example sounded strange without the object: We had hoped to give you a chance such as ? nobody else ever had.

I'm just curious, please correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks.

[Mister Micawber]

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Nobody else ever had-- this seems to me to be a clause acting as object. Here are others:

I want a hat such as you are wearing. (you are wearing is the object)
Life, such as it is, is an educational experience. (it is is the object)

Here's one dictionary entry:

such as-- a. of the kind specified: A plan such as you propose will never succeed.


Another way of forming the original gapped sentence:

We had hoped to give you such a chance as nobody else ever had.


Frankly, the other three answers sound to me too strange to live, BourneNOIR.
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"I really do not know that anything has ever been more exciting than diagramming sentences." � Gertrude Stein
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Canadian-American who teaches English for a living at Mr Micawber's

[BourneNOIR]

Ah, thanks! Didn't realize that the clause could be the object.