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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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As to have
Hello,
I have few questions on structuring certain lines.
a) He was so great a doctor as to have cured even the most hopeless patients.
I know the standard 'he was so great that he had cured' phrase. But I am wondering whether 'as to have' can also be used here.
b) The robbery had so quickly happened that the man did not remember anything.
Instead of saying 'happened so quickly that', can we say: so quickly happened that.
c) He became sick even before the disease had set in.
Can the past perfect tense 'had' be used toward the end? Or, must it always be in the beginning?
d) He turned angry enough to kill. He had turned angry enough to have killed.
Is that correct, the simple past and past perfect respectively? I am assuming 'turned' is followed by 'to' while 'had turned' is followed by 'to have'?
Regards,
SF
I have few questions on structuring certain lines.
a) He was so great a doctor as to have cured even the most hopeless patients.
I know the standard 'he was so great that he had cured' phrase. But I am wondering whether 'as to have' can also be used here.
b) The robbery had so quickly happened that the man did not remember anything.
Instead of saying 'happened so quickly that', can we say: so quickly happened that.
c) He became sick even before the disease had set in.
Can the past perfect tense 'had' be used toward the end? Or, must it always be in the beginning?
d) He turned angry enough to kill. He had turned angry enough to have killed.
Is that correct, the simple past and past perfect respectively? I am assuming 'turned' is followed by 'to' while 'had turned' is followed by 'to have'?
Regards,
SF
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Hi, I have few questions on structuring certain lines. a) He was so great a doctor as to have cured even the most hopeless patients. I know the standard 'he was so great that he had cured' phrase.
- Hi, I have few questions on structuring certain lines.
- a) He was so great a doctor as to have cured even the most hopeless patients.
- I know the standard 'he was so great that he had cured' phrase.
- But I am wondering whether 'as to have' can also be used here.
- Your version sounds fine.
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Hi,
I have few questions on structuring certain lines.
a) He was so great a doctor as to have cured even the most hopeless patients.
I know the standard 'he was so great that he had cured' phrase. But I am wondering whether 'as to have' can also be used here.
Your version sounds fine. But this '. . . as to have . . . ', athough common, is a little tricky to fi
I have few questions on structuring certain lines.
a) He was so great a doctor as to have cured even the most hopeless patients.
I know the standard 'he was so great that he had cured' phrase. But I am wondering whether 'as to have' can also be used here.
Your version sounds fine. But this '. . . as to have . . . ', athough common, is a little tricky to fi
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