• It was TOO BIG A TOOL to use. ..Конструкция А/AN + ПРИЛАГАТЕЛЬНОЕ + СУЩЕСТВИТЕЛЬНОЕ входит в стартовый набор учащегося и поначалу кажется незыблемой, как небосвод. Ровно до момента, пока артикль не встретится с AS, HOW, TOO, SO и THIS/THAT. Тут он умеет уходить в позицию ПОСЛЕ прилагательного. Смотрите как: 1. Для сравнения – классика. С модификаторами SUCH, QUITE, RATHER и восклицательным WHAT артикль ставится ПЕРЕД прилагательным. Позишн намбер уан: • It was SUCH A BIG tool. • It was QUITE A BIG tool. • It was RATHER A BIG tool. (Хотя куда чаще: It was A RATHER BIG tool.) • WHAT A BIG tool! 2. Позишн намбер ту. Артикль ПОСЛЕ прилагательного. Со словами AS, HOW, TOO, SO и THIS/THAT в значении SO: • I have AS BIG A TOOL as you. • HOW BIG A TOOL was it? • It was TOO BIG A TOOL to use. • It was SO BIG A TOOL that it could hardly fit in the toolbox. (= It was THAT BIG A TOOL that it could hardly fit in the toolbox.) 3. Как использовать такой A/AN после прилагательного? Например, как альтернативу более привычным конструкциям с модификаторами: • That was such a hot day. • = That was a day so hot. • = That was so hot a day. 4. Однако на практике эта штука чаще встречается на письме, нежели в устной речи: • This is not so grand a gesture on my part. It is mostly an admission of defeat. • Their lifespans are ridiculously long for so tiny a creature: up to 30 years. • He feared nothing from so weak a man. • It was too dangerous a project for us to take it on. • He is as great an actor as has ever graced this stage. 5. Или в идиоме TO PUT TOO FINE A POINT ON – вот примеры, а перевести её попробуйте сами: • I may be putting too fine a point on it, but hadn't we agreed on a 25% fee, not 28%? • I apologize. I was – not to put too fine a point on it – a little bit drunk when I said those things. • I think she's wrong - not to put too fine a point on it. == Такая камacутpa. Практикуйте и делитесь с окружающими.