This young man was more talanted an actor than the others.

[Nonverbis]

1. This young man was a more talanted actor than the others.
2. This young man was more talanted an actor than the others.

Could you tell me whether the sentence 2 is possible or not. If it is, how this grammar phenomenon is called?
The position of the indefinite article is what troubles me.

 

[tedmc]

1. This young man was a more talented actor than the others.
2. This young man was more talented as an actor than the others.

Is there any reason you write this young man rather than the young man?
"the others" implies that you have mentioned who they are, earlier on.

 

[5jj]

This young man was more talented an actor than the others.

That sentence is possible.

 

[Nonverbis]

This young man was more talented an actor than the others.

That sentence is possible.

What troubles me is that I've read a rule that an article as other determiners is put before a noun. But when there are other attributes of this noun, the article precedes them:

I'm writing a letter.
I'm writing a business letter.

But in that case with the actor, we have some special case when other attributes precede the article. Maybe it is more about stylistics or something. Anyway, its usage contradicts the rule in my grammar book.

That is why I'd like to find out something more about this case.

 

[5jj]

When an adjective is modified by too, so, more, enough, sufficiently , the indefinite article can follow the adjective:

She is too intelligent a student to fail.
So intelligent a student rarely fails.
This young man was more talented an actor than the others.
He is not farsighted enough a politician to endorse that policy.

 

[Nonverbis]

When an adjective is modified by too, so, more, enough, sufficiently , the indefinite article can follow the adjective:

What troubles me is the adverb "as". Can it be in this list?

This young man was as talented an actor than the others.

 

[jutfrank]

What troubles me is the adverb "as". Can it be in this list?

This young man was as talented an actor [STRIKE]than[/STRIKE] as the others.

Yes.