在prep里面,有这么一题: 174.Often major economic shifts are so gradual asto be indistinguishable at first from ordinary fluctuations in thefinancial markets.A.so gradual as to beindistinguishableB.so gradual so that theycan be indistinguishableC.so gradual that they areunable to be distinguishedD.gradual enough not to bedistinguishable (A)E.gradual enough so thatone cannot distinguish them答案是A,也在语法笔记当初给出了很明确的so that, so as的用法 区别在于,so that 可以用于逻辑主语不同的句子当中,so as to则必须是逻辑主语一致,是to不定式后面动词的承担者。 这里我有点疑惑,有想了一下,OG里面有一题: In 1527 King Henry VIII sought to have hismarriage to Queen Catherine annulled so as to marry Anne Boleyn.(A) soas to marry(B) andso could be married to(C) tobe married to(D) sothat he could marry(E) inorder that he would marry答案是D。自己第一次在OG碰到的时候选错了B,当时刚接触SC不知道该结构。 看了OG的解释,上面写 x happened so that y could happen, 其中so更加是引出一个purpose。 当我看完prep这题的时候再去看这题,感觉就是so as to do, 因为to do修饰的主语还是句子的逻辑主语,King Henry. 这里的so that 跟上面prep里面的so that不同。是不是so that引出目的,而so...that描述一种状态“很...以至于..."这样呢? 求NN指教! -- by 会员 stevenlong (2011/8/10 21:21:37)
so that..., so as to....语法是没有错的,两个却是都是idiom,一个是强调目的性的结果,一个是逻辑主语必须保持一致。但是不是只要出现就都是对的!
以这道为例: Often major economic shifts are so gradual asto be indistinguishable at first from ordinary fluctuations in thefinancial markets. A.so gradual as to beindistinguishable ==> so adj as to 结构 B.so gradual so that theycan be indistinguishable==> so ....so that....这个结构就错了,是有so that,可是前面还有个so 啊,这个就重复了 C.so gradual that they areunable to be distinguished==> so ...that...结构,they指代major economic shifts D.gradual enough not to bedistinguishable ==>enough结构少用 E.gradual enough so thatone cannot distinguish them==>enough和so that不能搭配了用 看起来是AC很近意思一样,语法都没有错,但是A比C更加简洁。而且我觉得C有被动的语感在里面,be distinguished,GMAC不喜欢被动的,
找到一个帖子也是说这个的,fyi----SC这个东西,复习下来的感觉是GMAC有其自己的选择思路和出题思路,和以前学到的语法不同。而要清楚他的游戏规则的唯一方法就是OG上的解释,看他喜欢偏好什么用法了。如果SC真的是走正统的语法的话,中国的语法成绩不会差的,当年新东方在老托福上创造的奇迹就会重演,人家也不是傻子 http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/often-major-economic-shifts-are-so-gradual-as-to-be-t5505.html
In 1527 King Henry VIII sought to have hismarriage to Queen Catherine annulled so as to marry Anne Boleyn. (A) so as to marry (B) and so could be married to ==>这个选项100%错的,and没有平行,这个so存在的很离奇 (C) to be married to (D) sothat he could marry (E) inorder that he would marry
论语法的话备选就是AD了,但是强调目的型的话,D好于A
所以说如果没有任何的语法错误,就考虑GMAC的偏好,这道题显示G偏好目的性,上道题显示G不喜欢被动,偏好简洁性。这个偏好有时也会有冲突的,这就要看多做题和总结自己感觉了。
这个世界上最可怕的就是narrow down到2个选项,然后自己总是选错的那个,我发生过,整整一周,差点疯掉。相信LZ也能走出来 |