that vs. and

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Hello,I believe the following sentence has a problem with logic:The people so badly trash their streets that would often cause  odor pollution.The word 'that' should be 'and' instead, right? Otherwise, one might interpret that the streets instead of the people and their act of trashing cause the odor pollution.Please comment.Best Regards,Hoa Thai

Marius Hancu · Accepted Answer

No, your reading is wrong and you can't place "and" there.

Look for the meaning of so ... that: in such a way ... that

You can't separate here that of so.

It's the trashing of the streets which/that causes odor pollution.

Hoa Thai · Answer

Dear Hancu,

I see!

I thought that the sentence needs a subject for 'would often cause' as follows:

The people so badly trash their streets that they (the people) would often cause odor pollution.

In fact, I even thought that we could obmit 'that' too (The people so badly trash their streets, they would often cause odor pollution.)

I have also seen He was so badly burned. Thus, so can stand alone to intensify badly or is it incorrectly used?

If so is removed then we need 'and' instead of 'that', right? (The people badly trash their streets and would often cause odor pollution)

Best Regards,
Hoa Thai

Neeraj Jain · Answer

Hi Marius,

I think that this sentence requires "they" after that to make the sentence more clear.

that vs. and

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