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silly, foolish, stupid or ignorant #1 (permalink) Mon Apr 28, 2008 16:40 pm   silly, foolish, stupid or ignorant
 

Surely no one would be so ... as to pay such a high price for such a poor machine.
a. silly
b. foolish
c. stupid
d. ignorant.
Which is the correct answer?
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silly, foolish, stupid or ignorant #2 (permalink) Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:37 am   silly, foolish, stupid or ignorant
 

By the way, please tell me something about the use of "so/as + Adjective + as +to V" (I have only seen this "so/as +Adjective + as + Noun"

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silly, foolish, stupid or ignorant #3 (permalink) Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:30 am   silly, foolish, stupid or ignorant
 

Hi Sophie

Your sentence is not a good one. Basically, any of the options might be used.

..............

Hi Nessie

I'd say the usual pattern is so+adjective+as+to+verb.

For example:
I found it hard to believe that anyone could be so gullible as to believe that replying to that spam email would make them rich.

That means basically the same as this:
I found it hard to believe that anyone could be gullible enough to believe that replying to that spam email would make them rich.
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