sth is so X as to Y 与 sth is so X that Y

nysen

不知道是不是记混了，sth is so X as to Y 是否有这个句型啊?
我记得如果to后边动作发生是sth，sth is so X as to Y 是不是比sth is so X that Y 简洁？

nysen

Hello, 是不是我没有表达清楚。

sth is so X as to Y  如果 to后边动词主语为sth，那此句型是否比sth is so X that Y 简洁？

或者根本没有sth is so X as to Y 这个句型？

aeoluseros

1. sure.
Climate shift are so gradual as to be indistinguishable at first from ordinary fluctuation in the weather.
2. right. but there're other factors we need to consider when choose which structure to use.

nysen

THX a lot！

davidliuscu

1. sure.
Climate shift are so gradual as to be indistinguishable at first from ordinary fluctuation in the weather.
2. right. but there're other factors we need to consider when choose which structure to use.

-- by 会员 aeoluseros (2011/4/12 14:59:55)

51. A new study suggests that the conversational pace of
everyday life may be so brisk it hampers the ability of
some children for distinguishing discrete sounds and
words and, the result is, to make sense of speech.
(A) it hampers the ability of some children for
distinguishing discrete sounds and words and,
the result is, to make
(B) that it hampers the ability of some children to
distinguish discrete sounds and words and, as a
result, to make （正确）
(C) that it hampers the ability of some children to
distinguish discrete sounds and words and, the
result of this, they are unable to make
(D) that it hampers the ability of some children to
distinguish discrete sounds and words, and
results in not making
(E) as to hamper the ability of some children for
distinguishing discrete sounds and words,
resulting in being unable to make

OG E项的解释："the phrase is awkward, wordy, and unclear; for is the incorrect preposition to follow ability."
请教大班，是不是GMAT并不认可 so...as to...的使用，尤其是与so...that...结构相比？
谢谢！

balgirl

俺在MANHATTAN SC的chapter 9中看到的so... as to的用法的解释，也大多认为是Wrong或者suspect，是种不被推荐的使用方式

1. sure.
Climate shift are so gradual as to be indistinguishable at first from ordinary fluctuation in the weather.
2. right. but there're other factors we need to consider when choose which structure to use.

-- by 会员 aeoluseros (2011/4/12 14:59:55)

51. A new study suggests that the conversational pace of
everyday life may be so brisk it hampers the ability of
some children for distinguishing discrete sounds and
words and, the result is, to make sense of speech.
(A) it hampers the ability of some children for
distinguishing discrete sounds and words and,
the result is, to make
(B) that it hampers the ability of some children to
distinguish discrete sounds and words and, as a
result, to make （正确）
(C) that it hampers the ability of some children to
distinguish discrete sounds and words and, the
result of this, they are unable to make
(D) that it hampers the ability of some children to
distinguish discrete sounds and words, and
results in not making
(E) as to hamper the ability of some children for
distinguishing discrete sounds and words,
resulting in being unable to make

OG E项的解释："the phrase is awkward, wordy, and unclear; for is the incorrect preposition to follow ability."
请教大班，是不是GMAT并不认可 so...as to...的使用，尤其是与so...that...结构相比？
谢谢！

-- by 会员 davidliuscu (2011/5/8 0:08:19)

liebeSchumi

OG SC37题
37.    Although schistosomiasis is not often fatal, it is so
debilitating that it has become an economic drain on
many developing countries.

(A)    it is so debilitating that it has become an economic
(B)    it is of such debilitation, it has become an economical
(C)    so debilitating is it as to become an economic
(D)    such is its debilitation, it becomes an economical
(E)    there is so much debilitation that it has become an economical

C 选项的解释
"The construction so x as to y is not a correct idiom."

落薇裳

记得之前在看OG-39T的时候看到的：
so(adj.) as to (verb.)这种形式一般是不被推荐的
除非这个verb.表示的是一state/condition, 就像之前aeo大神的例子一样。
而一般的verb.，就像这一题中，pace of life改变了，所以变得hamper the ability，强调的是一种动作而非状态
就不能用so ... as to的结构了
open to discuss