How + ADJECTIVE (is that) ! – English Grammar Profiler

One could argue that there is a big difference between B1 and C2 English Grammar or vocabulary.  Yet, in the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 62 in the category of CLAUSES/phrases/exclamations is defined as:

‘How’ + adjective.

Similarly, if the above structure is followed by a clause it is still B1.  However, in the English Vocabulary Profile, a very similar phrase and meaning is listed:

How strange/stupid/weird, etc. is that? = C2 said to mean that something is strange/stupid, etc.

A search in the NOW corpus for:

how _JJ _VB that ?

1 HOW COOL IS THAT? 726 2 HOW CRAZY IS THAT? 152 3 HOW GOOD IS THAT? 138 4 HOW GREAT IS THAT? 121 5 HOW AWESOME IS THAT? 105 6 HOW AMAZING IS THAT? 102 7 HOW TRUE IS THAT? 96 8 HOW SAD IS THAT? 91 9 HOW STUPID IS THAT? 63 10 HOW FAIR IS THAT? 61 11 HOW LIKELY IS THAT? 53 12 HOW EASY IS THAT? 51 13 HOW RIDICULOUS IS THAT? 51 14 HOW SWEET IS THAT? 48 15 HOW CUTE IS THAT? 47 16 HOW BAD IS THAT? 47

17 HOW WEIRD IS THAT? 46

To search in iWeb for how + adjective, we can use:

How _JJ !

1 HOW EXCITING! 1276 2 HOW FUN! 799 3 HOW COOL! 563 4 HOW CUTE! 498 5 HOW WONDERFUL! 427 6 HOW BEAUTIFUL! 291 7 HOW SWEET! 282 8 HOW CONVENIENT! 264 9 HOW TRUE! 231 10 HOW INTERESTING! 230 11 HOW FUNNY! 224 12 HOW SAD! 219 13 HOW RUDE! 216 14 HOW LOVELY! 206 15 HOW NICE! 199 16 HOW EMBARRASSING! 195 17 HOW AWESOME! 180 18 HOW STRANGE! 161 19 HOW CLEVER! 151 20 HOW AWFUL! 139 21 HOW ROMANTIC! 130 22 HOW AMAZING! 121 23 HOW RIDICULOUS! 119 24 HOW REFRESHING! 119 25 HOW FRUSTRATING! 112 26 HOW PERFECT! 103 27 HOW IRONIC! 101 28 HOW ADORABLE! 99 29 HOW BORING! 94 30 HOW PRETTY! 88 31 HOW ANNOYING! 85 32 HOW TERRIBLE! 84 33 HOW TIMELY! 80 34 HOW STUPID! 79 35 HOW ABSURD! 73 36 HOW HORRIBLE! 68 37 HOW DELIGHTFUL! 67 38 HOW CREATIVE! 64 39 HOW APPROPRIATE! 63 40 HOW TRAGIC! 63 41 HOW GREAT! 61 42 HOW DELICIOUS! 58 43 HOW SCARY! 56 44 HOW THOUGHTFUL! 56 45 HOW NEAT! 54 46 HOW ODD! 54 47 HOW DISAPPOINTING! 53 48 HOW SMALL! 52 49 HOW FASCINATING! 50 50 HOW QUAINT! 49 51 HOW ORIGINAL! 47 52 HOW FITTING! 46 53 HOW SILLY! 45 54 HOW EASY! 44 55 HOW FANTASTIC! 41 56 HOW BIZARRE! 40 57 HOW FOOLISH! 39 58 HOW INSPIRING! 37 59 HOW INCREDIBLE! 36 60 HOW PATHETIC! 35 61 HOW MERRY! 34 62 HOW WEIRD! 32 63 HOW DISGUSTING! 31 64 HOW FABULOUS! 29 65 HOW SIMPLE! 28 66 HOW SPLENDID! 28 67 HOW GORGEOUS! 28 68 HOW GOOD! 28 69 HOW CHARMING! 27 70 HOW CRUEL! 27 71 HOW LUCKY! 26 72 HOW EXTRAORDINARY! 26 73 HOW PRECIOUS! 24 74 HOW CRAZY! 24 75 HOW USEFUL! 24 76 HOW GENEROUS! 23 77 HOW MARVELOUS! 21 78 HOW NOVEL! 21 79 HOW SPECIAL! 21 80 HOW SHOCKING! 19 81 HOW HUMILIATING! 18 82 HOW INTRIGUING! 18 83 HOW DREADFUL! 17 84 HOW CONFUSING! 17 85 HOW UNFAIR! 17 86 HOW INSULTING! 16 87 HOW FORTUNATE! 16 88 HOW BRILLIANT! 16 89 HOW UNIQUE! 16 90 HOW DEPRESSING! 15 91 HOW HANDY! 15 92 HOW UNFORTUNATE! 15 93 HOW POWERFUL! 14 94 HOW SMART! 14 95 HOW NAIVE! 14 96 HOW MARVELLOUS! 14 97 HOW THRILLING! 14 98 HOW GLORIOUS! 13 99 HOW LAME! 13

100 HOW CLEAR! 13

A2 vocabulary:

amazing, awesome, brilliant, clear, cool, crazy, fantastic, horrible, lovely, lucky,

perfect, pretty, simple, special, strange, terrible, true, useful, wonderful