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Taka Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

So...that

The sentence:
The subjects of conversation are not so numerous that one can neglect an opportunity of adding to one's store.


Does this usage of 'so...that' make sense?

Souldn't it be
The subjects of conversation are not numerous, so that one can neglect an opportunity of adding to one's store.


or
The subjects of conversation are not so numerous that one can not neglect an opportunity of adding to one's store.


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Top answer

The subjects of conversation are not so numerous that one can neglect an opportunity of adding to one's store. This makes sense to me, Taka. ' MrP

— MrPedantic

  • The subjects of conversation are not so numerous that one can neglect an opportunity of adding to one's store.
  • This makes sense to me, Taka.
  • ' MrP
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The subjects of conversation are not so numerous that one can neglect an opportunity of adding to one's store.

This makes sense to me, Taka.

'The subjects of conversation are not/ numerous to the extent that/ one can neglect an opportunity of adding to one's store.'

'Subjects are not/ numerous enough / to stop collecting new ones.'

MrP
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Yeh! You are absolutely right!

Something must have been wrong with me at the time I wrote the question.

Thanks, MrP, anyway!
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