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Taka Posted 19 years ago
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00(1) In order that, as in I stopped 01font00so that 02font00you could catch up.02br
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00(2)With the result or consequence that, as in Mail the package now 01font00so that 02font00it will arrive on time.02br
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00(3)so ... that. In such a way or to such an extent that, as in The line was 01font00so long that 02font00I could scarcely find the end of it. All three usages date from a.d. 1000 or earlier, and the first two are sometimes put simply as so, as in I stopped so you could catch up, or Mail it now so it will arrive on time.02br
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02i00Now, using the definitions above, how do you explain this sentence grammatically?02br
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01i00In their attitudes to work, marriage, politics and sexual morality, young Japanese are moving closer to the views of young Westerners and away from those of the older Japanese---01font00so much so indeed that02font00 it is possible to speak of the existence of a generation gap.02i0-
  

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0It is none of 1-3, Taka. gap02i 00' is a dependent clause; it is not in collocation with '01i 00so02i 00'. 0-

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  • 0It is none of 1-3, Taka.
  • gap02i 00' is a dependent clause; it is not in collocation with '01i 00so02i 00'.
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0It is none of 1-3, Taka. '01i00That...gap02i00' is a dependent clause; it is not in collocation with '01i00so02i00'. 01i00'So'02i00 is a pronomial refering to '01i00moving closer,02i00 etc'.0-
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