请教so as to 和so that的区别 (og 67)

zlzlzl

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

就这个句子来说，so as to 的施动者是 employers。

sb provide sth so as to do sth。

再简化一些，干脆写成 sb provide sth to do sth

这里的sb=employers，因此逻辑不对。

个人理解。

[此贴子已经被作者于2006-8-5 14:59:52编辑过]

owling

同意楼上的,provide的逻辑主语是employers,如果用so as to,要求逻辑主语是一样的,那么就也是employers to care for...了,不符合逻辑.

用so that就加了they can,虽然我也怀疑they也有指代问题,但至少没有so as to的绝对逻辑错误.所以最优答案应该是so that they can care...的.

觉得GMAT就是选几个选项里面最优的,但并不一定是最好的.

cccccc0

我觉得so as to 前面如果有两个名词的话，就不能作为答案了，就有可能会有歧义的，就好比OG171那样

Win2G

以下是引用friend_friend在2004-10-26 5:47:00的发言：

1. so as to ... = in order to ..., 它后面跟的不是句子, 在它后面部分的逻辑主语本来就在前面. 当然前后一至了.

2. so that ... = so + that 引导的从句, 没有要求过从句和主句的主语一致.

正如你指出, so that 有两重用法:

1) 相当于in order that, 即你所说的表目的. 如: I stopped so that you could catch up.

2) 相当于with the result or consquence that, 即你所说的表结果.

至于是表目的还是表结果,没有助动词,几乎一定表结果. 但有助动词时, 要根据句子意思来决定.助动词或情态动词不是判断的依据.例如:

I was just careless so that you could win this time. (我不过是大意了, 所以这次你才能赢的.)

需要提一提的是,解题分析里说 in order that they 的用法 imprecise and unidiomatic, 这么说是不正确的. C的错误在于they后面没有can没法表目的.如果这个选项是in order that they can, 那就完全正确了.

还要补充的是, 在现代口语及不是非常正规的书面文体中, so that  经常被 so 替代. 我没做过GMAT的题,不知道GMAT中的规律, 大家自己注意.

太牛了，谢谢分析！

szy733

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phyroc

OG11 said in order that must be followed by may or might

水里游

2楼的分析太棒了！跨越了这么多年……

iamyamy

thanks so much

xiao_s000

so as to 的意思是整个句话的发起者想要达到的目的，也就是说其主语是整个句子的主语，所以congress 是so as to 的主语

lzj1209

so as to只能用在单一主谓结构中~