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Yulysess Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

"as ..... as" or "so ... that"?

1b00Siberia was....remote and inhospitable a place ... the Russian authorities could think of for exiles.02br
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02b00A- as/as02br
00B- too/so02br
00C- such/that02br
00D- a very/so02br
00E- so/that02br
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00Hello teachers,02br
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00I would pick the option "E", but is there any reasonable explanation to choice the option "A"?02br
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00I appreciate your patient; thanks in advance.0-
  

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0Hi Yulysess,02br 02br 00I think the correct option is "A" . as is used in such sentences. :02br 02br 00After 01font 00as02font 01b 01i 00, how, so, too and this /that 02i 02b 00meaning 01b 01u 00so,02u 02b 00 adjectives go before a/an.

— Kilimanjaro

  • 0Hi Yulysess,02br 02br 00I think the correct option is "A" .
  • as is used in such sentences.
  • :02br 02br 00After 01font 00as02font 01b 01i 00, how, so, too and this /that 02i 02b 00meaning 01b 01u 00so,02u 02b 00 adjectives go before a/an.
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0Hi Yulysess,02br
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00I think the correct option is "A" . Although "E" seems grammatically correct,it does not concord semantically with the idea the sentence intends to relate.02br
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00Here is how as......as is used in such sentences. I hope it helps.05002br
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00Michael SWAN wrote in Practical English usage.:02br
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0 Tank you very much Kilimanjaro, but I think it is 01font00not enough for me at the moment.02font00 0-
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1b00Siberia was 01i00___ remote and inhospitable a place ___02i00 the Russian authorities could think of for exiles.02br
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02b00A- as/as02br
00B- too/so02br
00C- such/that02br
00D- a very/so02br
00E- so/that02br
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01font00I believe the only
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0Hi guys,02br
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00Me too. E does not make sense semantically or grammatically.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0 I too will choose (A). 02br
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00As Kilimanjaro stated, the constructions "so/as+a+noun" are now of rare use but they are still grammatical at least in written English.02br
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00 (A) Siberia was as remote a place as Russians could think of for exiles.02br
00 =Siberia was as remote as Russians could think of for exiles.02
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0It seems to me that the choice of A is the desired answer. Wıth SO/THAT the sentence must be:02br
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01b00Siberia was 01font00so 02font00remote and inhospitable a place 01font00that 02font00the Russian authorities could think of 01font01font
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0 Yes, you are right.　The version of "so ..that..." lacks the object of "think of".02br
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00paco 0-
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01cite10Paco200412cite10So, in my opinion, 12br
10 (E') Siberia was so remote a place that Russians thought of for exiles.12br
10is fine.12br
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10paco12blockquote
10hi, paco. doesn't the sentence after "that" need an object like "it"? Do you think it is correct as it
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0Diamond02br
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00Please see my previous message immediately above your message.02br
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00paco0-
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0 Sorry, paco. 0-
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