关于so that.../so...that../ so as to/ so...as to...的用法吐血总结

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AnnieFFish 发表于 2016-8-27 10:48
Don is such a tall boy that he can reach the top shelf without any effort. 既然such+adj.+n.+that是正 ...

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分享一题 （OG2020 815)
Technically, "quicksand" is the term for sand that is so saturated with water as to acquire a liquid's character.

A. that is so saturated with water as to acquire a liquid's character.
B. that is so saturated with water that it acquires the character of a liquid
C. that is saturated with water enough to acquire liquid characteristics
D. saturated enough with water so as to acquire the character of a liquid
E. saturated with water so much as to acquire a liquid character

结合og和论坛小伙伴们的分享，简单写一下我的想法，欢迎补充讨论～
正确答案：B

A: so...as to 不应加描述具体动作的动词，应加表示某种情况的词，例如be; A 中的acquire表示了一个具体的动作，所以不对。
C:感觉语义和题目想表达的意思不符， enough也不应该放在water后面，应在water之前 （og解释）
D：so as to应承接indirect intention，而这里saturated enough water的直接后果就是拥有液体的属性；og 解释里也说如果这边用“to”代替“so as to”会更好
E：so much as to 这个idiom好像不成立

总结：
总的感觉下来，在gmat里，so that 优于 so as to，so.. that 优于so... as to。

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Jessica669 发表于 2020-8-4 10:31
分享一题 （OG2020 815)
Technically, "quicksand" is the term for sand that is so saturated with water ...

本来以为自己对so...as to 的用法是掌握的，因为之前已经做到几次题，也查过很多，积累了几个例句。这次又碰到quicksand这题做错，所以进来。诚如大家所说，so+adj+as to后面如果跟condition或state类的描述，相较于跟action verb，意思表达比较好。比如之前那道经济的题里面的so gradual as to be indistinguishable。但本人也从好几处靠谱的地方看到几个so+adj+as to +action verb的用法，完全是没问题的。所以这道，ab之间，so as to和so that，本人无法做出选择。希望有识之士指点。我附上几个后接action verb的例句。
I was so foolish as to believe you! 这句好像牛津上的。可能不是exact word
He was so kind as to call a cab for me.这句也是朗文还是牛津的。
Would I be so rude as to ask you.....? 这句是曼哈顿论坛上ron在回复一个同学的时候他自己写的句子。他ask了啥具体记不清了，但前面部分我记得很清楚。

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Alaska17 发表于 2020-8-20 13:49
本来以为自己对so...as to 的用法是掌握的，因为之前已经做到几次题，也查过很多，积累了几个例句。这次 ...

so X as to Y implies that Y SEEMS TO BE TRUE.
Official examples:
Climatic shifts are so gradual as to be indistinguishable from ordinary fluctuations in the weather.
The features of the idealized sculpture portrait are so unrealistic as to constitute what one scholar calls an "artificial face."
In each case, the blue portion is something that SEEMS TO BE TRUE about the preceding subject in red.

so X that Y implies that Y ACTUALLY HAPPENS.
An official example:
Everyday life is so brisk that it hampers the ability of some children to distinguishing discrete sounds.
Here, the blue portion is something that ACTUALLY HAPPENS -- an action that is actually performed by the preceding subject in red.

A key difference between the two idioms:
Whereas in the second idiom Y can serve to express an actual action, in the first idiom it cannot.
In the first idiom, Y must serve to express not an actual action but something that merely SEEMS TO BE TRUE about the preceding subject.

A: so saturated with water as to acquire a liquid's character
Here, so X as to Y incorrectly serves to express the action in red.
As noted above, Y in this idiom must serve to express not an actual action but something that merely seems to be true about the preceding subject.

Moreover, the usage of so X as to Y implies that the portion in red does not actually happen.
Not the intended meaning.
A person can DROWN in quicksand.
Thus, quicksand actually DOES acquire the character of a liquid.
To express this meaning, we should use so X that Y, as in the OA:
"Quicksand"...is so saturated with water that it acquires the character of a liquid.

Another issue:

A dog's eyes can reveal much about its temperament.
Here, the phrase in blue implies that every dog has UNIQUE eyes -- eyes that can reveal much about the dog's temperament.

A: a liquid's character
This phrase seems to imply that every liquid has a UNIQUE character.
Not the intended meaning.
The intention here is to discuss the general nature of any given liquid.
The OA correctly expresses this meaning:
"Quicksand"... is so saturated with water that it acquires the character of a liquid.
Here, THE CHARACTER of a liquid = the general nature of any given liquid.

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