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Alc24 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Disproportionately / SO AS TO
How would you say this?
1 A dog's brain is disproportionately small (compared) to the size of head.
2 She knows him so well as to be able to write a message in his place and people would think it was him. (is the SO AS TO form only used with the negative form?)
3 Am I eating the same thing as you for dinner/the same thing you're eating.
thank you
1 A dog's brain is disproportionately small (compared) to the size of head.
2 She knows him so well as to be able to write a message in his place and people would think it was him. (is the SO AS TO form only used with the negative form?)
3 Am I eating the same thing as you for dinner/the same thing you're eating.
thank you
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alc24 1 A dog's brain is disproportionately small (compared) to the size of head. Among mammals, a dog's brain is disproportionately small for his head. 2 She knows him so well as to be able to write a message in his place and people would think it was him.
- alc24 1 A dog's brain is disproportionately small (compared) to the size of head.
- Among mammals, a dog's brain is disproportionately small for his head.
- 2 She knows him so well as to be able to write a message in his place and people would think it was him.
- " Casually, you could add a comma and continue with the second clause as nonessential.
- I think you rather intend it as two non-finite clauses, or infinitive phrases, or whatevertheheck: ".
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alc24 1 A dog's brain is disproportionately small (compared) to the size of head. Among mammals, a dog's brain is disproportionately small for his head.
2 She knows him so well as to be able to write a message in his place and people would think it was him. (is the SO AS TO form only used with the negative form?)
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Thank you Avangi,
for 1 , you can never say "disproportionate to its size??? it's always FOR? what about COMPARED TO?
for 2, someone told me that SO AS TO could only be used if its non assertive, the negative form as in
He's not as stupid as to do that
you wouldn't be ablr to say:
He's as stupid as to do that.
Is that the same as my example
for 1 , you can never say "disproportionate to its size??? it's always FOR? what about COMPARED TO?
for 2, someone told me that SO AS TO could only be used if its non assertive, the negative form as in
He's not as stupid as to do that
you wouldn't be ablr to say:
He's as stupid as to do that.
Is that the same as my example
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Hello Avangi,
Could you please tell me what you think of the above if "so as to" is used only in a negation?
Thank you so much
Could you please tell me what you think of the above if "so as to" is used only in a negation?
Thank you so much
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It's quite common.
Color very carefully so as not to go outside the lines.
Color very carefully so as not to go outside the lines.
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What I don't understand is if "AS TO" could only be used if its non assertive, the negative form as in
Please Avangi,
He's so stupid as to do that ASSERTIVE therefore WRONG
He's not so stupid as to do that NEGATION therefore CORRECT
"The only way to overcome this was to take the bend at such a speed as to induce a skid." THIS IS ASSERTIVE RIGHT so it
Please Avangi,
He's so stupid as to do that ASSERTIVE therefore WRONG
He's not so stupid as to do that NEGATION therefore CORRECT
"The only way to overcome this was to take the bend at such a speed as to induce a skid." THIS IS ASSERTIVE RIGHT so it
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What I don't understand is if "AS TO" could only be used if its non assertive, the negative form as in
Please Avangi,
He's so stupid as to do that ASSERTIVE therefore WRONG
He's not so stupid as to do that NEGATION therefore CORRECT
"The only way to overcome this was to take the bend at such a speed as to induce a skid." THIS IS ASSERTIVE RIGHT so it
Please Avangi,
He's so stupid as to do that ASSERTIVE therefore WRONG
He's not so stupid as to do that NEGATION therefore CORRECT
"The only way to overcome this was to take the bend at such a speed as to induce a skid." THIS IS ASSERTIVE RIGHT so it
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alc24The only way to overcome this was to take the bend at such a speed SO as to induce a skid."I think "so" and "such" are redundant here.
alc24"The only way to overcome this was to take the bend at such a speed as to induce a skid." THIS IS ASSERTIVE RIGHT so it's wrong to use "at such speed as to induce"??This one
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