OG SC NO67

寂寞的自由

congress is debating a bill requiring certain employers provide workers with unpaid leave so as to care for sick or newborn children.

A) provide workers with unpaid leave so as to
B) to provide workers with unpaid leave so as to
C) provide workers with unpaid leave in order that they
D) to provide workers with unpaid leave so that they can
E) provide workers with unpaid leave and

自由的疑惑是，B中的so as to 有什么错误呢？D中的THEY难道不会引起指代歧异吗？！因为THEY前面的原句中有employers和workers两个都是复数的名词啊！！！
正确答案是D，请大家指教，谢谢

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另外，OG解释 C中的" in order that they" is imprecise and unidiomatic. 怎么不精确以及不地道呢？谢谢大家帮助。

2love2live

So as to - 错在 - 仔细感觉ETS的意思： 可以造成 “to care ...” 的使动者是employers


feel the following sentence:


"Live and love so as to give hope to others when you are gone" - 做live, love, and give 动作的都是一个人

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in order that - why it's unidiomatic? - because ETS said it is.

You have to feel and understand ETS so as to BEAT ETS.

dreadpower

个人观点：目前SC中so as to连用必错

      猜测原因在于：“so as to” means 如此...以致于,可用so that代替，而ETS偏好so that

寂寞的自由

谢谢楼上朋友的解释，自由明白了，但是谁能再阐明一下正确选项的D中THEY的指代问题呢？我觉得THEY代词指代是ETS的一个惯考陷阱，所以自由格外敏感这个知识点，谢谢大家的再次宝贵帮助！！！

2love2live

以下是引用dreadpower在2004-2-3 12:42:00的发言：
个人观点：目前SC中so as to连用必错

       猜测原因在于：“so as to” means 如此...以致于,可用so that代替，而ETS偏好so that

可怕力量老大，这次小的又不敢苟同了：

”so as to 连用必错“，我觉得未必，

OG /SC 196， in ETS's own explanation, it uses 'so as to' and the original sentence as quote here "although sentence C manages the correct sense, it misplaces the sentence elements so as to suggest that ..."

OG/SC 88, answer E "unrealistic enough so as to constitute" is unidiomatic because "enough so as to" is unidiomatic, not because "so as to" is unidiomatic, 这里只不过碰巧 so as to 用在一个错误的习惯用语中，

OG/SC 171, In 1527 King Henry VIII sought to have his marriage to Queen Catherine annulled so as to marry Anne Boleyn.
answer A "so as to marry" 错了，同样，不是因为so as to 错了，而是因为前面有两个人造成"to marry ..." 的使动者歧义，如果这句改成 “In 1527 King Henry VIII terminated his marriage so as to marry Anne Boleyn.“ 我想 so as to 应该没有问题

所以，我觉得不能教条，不能因为ETS的正确答案中没有出现过'so as to' 就觉得 所有用“so as to"的地方都不对。

另外：'they' - 的指代的确，按照ETS的变态理论，可以造成歧义，但是ETS的另外一条宝典是，you have to select the 'best' answer - not the 100%-correct-conforming-to-all-rules answer.

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以下是引用2love2live在2004-2-3 14:47:00的发言：

可怕力量老大，这次小的又不敢苟同了：

”so as to 连用必错“，我觉得未必，

OG /SC 196， in ETS's own explanation, it uses 'so as to' and the original sentence as quote here "although sentence C manages the correct sense, it misplaces the sentence elements so as to suggest that ..."

OG/SC 88, answer E "unrealistic enough so as to constitute" is unidiomatic because "enough so as to" is unidiomatic, not because "so as to" is unidiomatic, 这里只不过碰巧 so as to 用在一个错误的习惯用语中，

OG/SC 171, In 1527 King Henry VIII sought to have his marriage to Queen Catherine annulled so as to marry Anne Boleyn.
answer A "so as to marry" 错了，同样，不是因为so as to 错了，而是因为前面有两个人造成"to marry ..." 的使动者歧义，如果这句改成 “In 1527 King Henry VIII terminated his marriage so as to marry Anne Boleyn.“ 我想 so as to 应该没有问题

所以，我觉得不能教条，不能因为ETS的正确答案中没有出现过'so as to' 就觉得 所有用“so as to"的地方都不对。

另外：'they' - 的指代的确，按照ETS的变态理论，可以造成歧义，但是ETS的另外一条宝典是，you have to select the 'best' answer - not the 100%-correct-conforming-to-all-rules answer.

感谢您，那么so as to 没错误，那错误究竟在哪里呢？谢谢

2love2live

so as to 这里错在，其隐含主语应该和主句主语一致，


如果B 是：
to provide workers with unpaid leave so as to let them,

那它和D 我想有得一拼：）

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以下是引用2love2live在2004-2-4 11:44:00的发言：
so as to 这里错在，其隐含主语应该和主句主语一致，


如果B 是：
to provide workers with unpaid leave so as to let them,

那它和D 我想有得一拼：）

谢谢您，自由明白了！！！

terry_awesome

GOOD JOB，GUYS。

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