How is this SAT sentence even correct?
"Myra laughed exuberantly and embraced her friends repeatedly, so euphoric was she about having been selected."
I am really wondering about the fine details on this one, if you could help. The non-restrictive clause is what's got me confused.
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allexkramer432 so euphoric was she = because she was so euphoric When 'so' is used like this (with subject-verb inversion after the main clause), it means 'because ... so' without inversion. Platt let slip that City considered his withdrawal at half-time, so stoked was he.
- allexkramer432 so euphoric was she = because she was so euphoric When 'so' is used like this (with subject-verb inversion after the main clause), it means 'because ...
- so' without inversion.
- Platt let slip that City considered his withdrawal at half-time, so stoked was he.
- The same kind of structure can occur before the main clause: So mean and tart-tongued was he that Jean Cocteau dubbed him Malice in Wonderland.
- (~ He was so mean and tart-tongued that ...
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allexkramer432so euphoric was she
= because she was so euphoric
When 'so' is used like this (with subject-verb inversion after the main clause), it means 'because ... so' without inversion.
Platt let slip that City considered his withdrawal at half-time, so stoked was he.
The same kind of structure can occur before the main cla
0It is an unusual construction that you might find in novels. It is completely grammatical.
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