So as to with a comma
1.He got up very late, so as to miss the bus.
(In this sentence is a comma before so)
2.He got up very late so as to miss the bus.
Q1) Are both sentences natural and grammatical?
Q2) Do both sentences have different meanings because of the comma?
I think #1 means that he got up very late and for this reason he missed the bus, and #2 means that In order to miss the bus, he got up very late.
3.His food is so delicious as to send his friends into ecstasy.
4.His food is delicious, so as to send his friends into ecstasy.(In this sentence is a comma before so)
5.His food is delicious so as to send his friends into ecstasy.
Q3) Of all the above three sentences 3, 4 5, does only 5 have a different meaning? and 3 and 4 have the same meaning?
Q4) Are 3,4,5 all natural and grammatical?
Top answer
fire1, To be frank, your sentences here are all unnatural. Consider that "so as to" is quite often a synonym with "in order to". It seems that in many of your posts you create sentences of your own before you have examined any real sentences written by native speakers who use the same expressions.
- fire1, To be frank, your sentences here are all unnatural.
- Consider that "so as to" is quite often a synonym with "in order to".
- It seems that in many of your posts you create sentences of your own before you have examined any real sentences written by native speakers who use the same expressions.
- Why not start by seeing how your target expression ( so as to ) is used in real texts and try to imitate those rather than inventing your own usage of these expressions?
- I think you'd learn more and learn faster if you used real texts as models for your own work.
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fire1,
To be frank, your sentences here are all unnatural. Consider that "so as to" is quite often a synonym with "in order to".
It seems that in many of your posts you create sentences of your own before you have examined any real sentences written by native speakers who use the same expressions.
Why not start by seeing how your target expression (so as to) is used i
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