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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
correlative conjunction
Hi people i am teaching a class of advanced esl students and they ask lots of awkward questions.:/
Would you mind looking at this sentence
'Your dog was so thirsty that he drank all the water'
*is 'so' and 'that' correlative in this context?
*If i replace 'that' for a comma, how would it change things? and what would that make 'so'?
* Finally which clause is dependent, 'Your dog was so thirsty' or 'that he drank all of the water'
I would love to get your opinions
thanks Fred
Would you mind looking at this sentence
'Your dog was so thirsty that he drank all the water'
*is 'so' and 'that' correlative in this context?
*If i replace 'that' for a comma, how would it change things? and what would that make 'so'?
* Finally which clause is dependent, 'Your dog was so thirsty' or 'that he drank all of the water'
I would love to get your opinions
thanks Fred
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Anonymous Are 'so' and 'that' correlative in this context? Yes, you could say that. Anonymous If I replace 'that' with a comma, how would it change things?
- Anonymous Are 'so' and 'that' correlative in this context?
- Yes, you could say that.
- Anonymous If I replace 'that' with a comma, how would it change things?
- That would be an error.
- A comma should never substitute that .
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AnonymousAre 'so' and 'that' correlative in this context?Yes, you could say that.
AnonymousIf I replace 'that' with a comma, how would it change things?That would be an error. A comma should never substitute that. You could, however, omit that without changing the meaning: Your dog was so thirsty he drank
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