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Suresh ghosh Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Brave

Can I write, 'He is as brave as to have fought a tiger without any arm.'?
  

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"without any arm" is strange and sounds as if the man, or even the tiger, is lacking in limbs. Probably you mean "unarmed". " construction doesn't quite work.

— GPY

  • "without any arm" is strange and sounds as if the man, or even the tiger, is lacking in limbs.
  • Probably you mean "unarmed".
  • " construction doesn't quite work.
  • My guess is that you may mean this: He is so brave that he fought a tiger unarmed.
  • He is so brave that he fought a tiger with his bare hands.
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"without any arm" is strange and sounds as if the man, or even the tiger, is lacking in limbs. Probably you mean "unarmed". The "as brave as to ..." construction doesn't quite work. My guess is that you may mean this:

He is so brave that he fought a tiger unarmed.
He is so brave that he fought a tiger with his bare hands.
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Sir, thanks for your kind reply but can't we write the sentence using as to have?
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suresh ghoshSir, thanks for your kind reply but can't we write the sentence using as to have?
No, that is not proper English.
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suresh ghoshSir, thanks for your kind reply but can't we write the sentence using as to have?
I believe this is possible:

He is so brave as to have fought a tiger with his bare hands.

"so ~ as to have ~" is not a common pattern, though, and I didn't think of it when I first replied.
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GPYHe is so brave as to have fought a tiger with his bare hands.
Correct, but it sounds quite formal to my ears.

This works if you need to use the " as ... as " pattern.

He is as brave as a man who would fight a tiger barehanded.
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