so...that ..与so...as to 的问题？

张五大叔

PREP08语法笔记里第174题里选择的是so...as to ，而在OG里一题说so x as to y 是错误的，到底如何判断？

DUKB24

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i think i can give you some sort of explanation: in general, you don't use so ADJ as to VERB unless the VERB describes some sort of state/condition. i.e., if the verb is an action verb, this construction generally isn't used.


for instance,
i am so ugly as to be viscerally repulsive to women. --> this works, because the verb “to be” describes a state/condition.





i am so ugly as to repel women on sight. --> you generally wouldn't see this in good writing, as “repel” is an action verb; the sentence would probably be written as i am so ugly that i repel women on sight.

张五大叔

谢谢！

meimeijulia

please refer to PREP 2008 GRAMMAR Notes (P18):
738.  The Emperor Augustus, it appears, commissioned an idealized sculptured portrait, the features of which are so unrealistic as to constitute what one scholar calls an “artificial face.”
A.    so unrealistic as to constitute
B.    so unrealistic they constituted
C.    so unrealistic that they have constituted
D.    unrealistic enough so that they constitute
E.    unrealistic enough so as to constitute
Key: A


If "so as to" cannot be followed by an action verb, why "constitute" is OK in this case?
And I am wondering why B and C are improper.

DUKB24

这不是官方的材料

请不要使用非官方的材料！！！！！！！！

hscryzer

B中没有that，so that结构不完整，C中用了they，变成修饰features，但是后面是calls an XXX明显说的是 a sculptured portrait

please refer to PREP 2008 GRAMMAR Notes (P18):
738.  The Emperor Augustus, it appears, commissioned an idealized sculptured portrait, the features of which are so unrealistic as to constitute what one scholar calls an “artificial face.”
A.    so unrealistic as to constitute
B.    so unrealistic they constituted
C.    so unrealistic that they have constituted
D.    unrealistic enough so that they constitute
E.    unrealistic enough so as to constitute
Key: A


If "so as to" cannot be followed by an action verb, why "constitute" is OK in this case?
And I am wondering why B and C are improper.

-- by 会员 meimeijulia (2012/11/2 11:22:12)

dancingrain

DUKB24 发表于 2012-11-2 12:20
这不是官方的材料请不要使用非官方的材料！！！！！！！！

Sorry but 弱问DUKB24，你的意思是prep语法笔记答案可能有误？