‘enough to do’ vs. ‘so ~ that ~ ’
Hello, everyone,
A. The street food was cheap and delicious enough for workers to eat it.
B. The street food was so cheap and delicious that workers could eat it.
C. The street food was so cheap and delicious that workers ate it.
While I have two questions below, I would much appreciate on your opinions;
1. Which has closer meaning to A between B and C?
2. Since I feel A and B are ambiguous with following dual meanings so B could be close to A, when transforming ‘enough to do’ phrase into ‘so that’ clause, is the modal verb – ‘can, may, will, etc.’ always essential?;
A. The street food was cheap and delicious enough, and workers might have eaten it or might not have done it.
B. The street food was so cheap and delicious that workers could eat it, and they might have eaten it or might not have done it.
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- The system is acting strange.
- CJ
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0deepcosmos1. Which has closer meaning to A between B and C?
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deepcosmoswhen transforming ‘enough to do’ phrase into ‘so that’ clause, is the modal verb – ‘can, may, will, etc.’ always essential;
I have never done a study of it, but there may be a linguistics article (or more than one) in one of the journals about
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