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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
So~that~
1) She is so fat that she can hardly walk.
2) I'm not so poor that I can't buy it.
In the sentences above, the adjective phrases 'so fat' and 'so poor' are used complements, and each clauses is an adverbial clause expressing a result or degree; am I right?
Thank you in advance for your help.
2) I'm not so poor that I can't buy it.
In the sentences above, the adjective phrases 'so fat' and 'so poor' are used complements, and each clauses is an adverbial clause expressing a result or degree; am I right?
Thank you in advance for your help.
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I have never heard it analyzed that way. Most grammar books look at ' so + adj + that' as a single correlative construction, but your parsing seems reasonable.
- I have never heard it analyzed that way.
- Most grammar books look at ' so + adj + that' as a single correlative construction, but your parsing seems reasonable.
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I have never heard it analyzed that way. Most grammar books look at 'so + adj + that' as a single correlative construction, but your parsing seems reasonable.
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Thank you, Mr.Micawber, for your answer and opinion.
As a result, I think, if a 'so~that~' is an adverbial clause in whole, in many cases a main clause's complement or an adjective modifying a noun used in a main clause is difficult to explain.
As a result, I think, if a 'so~that~' is an adverbial clause in whole, in many cases a main clause's complement or an adjective modifying a noun used in a main clause is difficult to explain.
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