English term
Morocco
Literature,Marketing & Legal Translation
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Najdi, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Hassaniya, Moroccan, UAE, Kuwaiti) 
, Berber (Other) (Variants: Riffian, Central Atlas Tamazight, Tamazight , Standard Moroccan Tamazight, Tarifit , Tashelhit ) 
Works in: English to Arabic, French to Arabic, Arabic to English, and 21 more.
What a lovely meal ...
What a lovely meal that was!
What a lovely meal was that!
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Tony M
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Nov 8, 2020 02:45: Tony M changed "Field" from "Social Sciences" to "Other"
Nov 8, 2020 06:22: philgoddard changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Nov 8, 2020 12:39: writeaway changed "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "elementary grammar: word order"
Non-PRO (3): Tony M, Edith Kelly, philgoddard
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what a lovely meal that was!
If you think of the original expression as being 'That was a lovely meal', then to make the exclamation using 'what...!', we simply split the sentence in two and invert the elements.
No reference needed: this is just basic EN grammar.
Note that your inverted version might be found in some regional usages, or use by 'uneducated' people — but it could not be cnsidered correct 'standard' EN usage.
'We had a great time' > 'What a great time we had!'
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