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Navitasan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
What did he do and...
Are these sentences correct:
1) What did he do and how did she react so that they ended up having such a big fight?
2) How did she speak and how did you reply so that your parents found both of you rude?
3) How did John play the guitar and how did Jane dance to it that everybody found their show extraordinary?
Gratefully,
Navi.
1) What did he do and how did she react so that they ended up having such a big fight?
2) How did she speak and how did you reply so that your parents found both of you rude?
3) How did John play the guitar and how did Jane dance to it that everybody found their show extraordinary?
Gratefully,
Navi.
Top answer
I would say that the use of "so" in first two is tolerable in everyday English but questionable in formal English. I wouldn't accept (3).
- I would say that the use of "so" in first two is tolerable in everyday English but questionable in formal English.
- I wouldn't accept (3).
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I would say that the use of "so" in first two is tolerable in everyday English but questionable in formal English.
I wouldn't accept (3).
I wouldn't accept (3).
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Thank you very much, GPY,
In the first two we have 'so that' and a result clause. In the last one, there is only 'that'. Would a 'so that' make that sentence work?
Gratefully,
Navi.
In the first two we have 'so that' and a result clause. In the last one, there is only 'that'. Would a 'so that' make that sentence work?
Gratefully,
Navi.
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navitasanWould a 'so that' make that sentence work?Then I would class (3) the same as (1) and (2).
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