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Diamondrg Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

a grammar question

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01b00Water was ---- cold ---- to make swimming quite impossible.02b02br
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02br 02br 00But I'd say:02br 02br 01b 00The water was so cold that it made swimming (quite) impossible. 02b 02br 02br 00As the sentence is given, I don't think either of your choices is correct. 02br 02br 00Jake0-

— Swiss Jake

  • 02br 02br 00But I'd say:02br 02br 01b 00The water was so cold that it made swimming (quite) impossible.
  • 02b 02br 02br 00As the sentence is given, I don't think either of your choices is correct.
  • 02br 02br 00Jake0-
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0I don't know where you have gotten this from.02br
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00But I'd say:02br
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01b00The water was so cold that it made swimming (quite) impossible. 02b02br
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00As the sentence is given, I don't think either of your choices is correct. The sentence does also not agree in tenses.02br
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0Hi Diamond,02br
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01b00Water was ---- cold ---- to make swimming quite impossible.02b02br
00The only correct answer is: B) so / that02br
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0 Isn't there such a structure as "so adj as to do sth" or "so as to do sth" in English? The sentence is from Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English". 0-
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0You need to give us some sentences or context before we can help you. 02br
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00The general answer is yes. "Would you be 01font00so kind as to give02font00 us a few examples?"0-
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10The general answer is yes. "Would you be 11font10so kind as to give12font10 us a few examples?"12br
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0 (1.) He is so honest as to be trusted by all.02br
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01cite10Paco200412cite10 (1.) He is so honest as to be trusted by all.12br
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00Thank you, paco. I also notice there are sentences formed in the structure "as adj as to do s

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00I also notice there are sentences formed in the structure "as adj as to do sth" but the grammars I have do not mention such a structure. Does it exist?12blockquote
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00 It exists, but to my modern American English ear it sounds strange, even slightly incorrect. By far the more common structures are those that Paco mentioned
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0 Thank you, Jim. Your answers are really to the point. 0-
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