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 #2 (permalink) Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:11 am Usage of "such as to" |
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| My English teacher's humor was such as to make every student burst into laughter. |
Quite formal use, I'd say.
Alternative register:
Our English teacher was very funny.
My English teacher made us all laugh. |
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| #3 (permalink) Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:24 am Usage of "such as to" |
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But such as to is possible here. Some more examples (from Longman):
His manner was such as to offend nearly everyone he met.
But I doubt that the net outcome will be such as to drag the rest of the world out of its pit.
Indeed, no country is truly independent if its economy is such as to consign it at once to the Third World.
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| #4 (permalink) Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:05 am Usage of "such as to" |
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| But such as to is possible here. |
Did anyone say it isn't? |
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| #5 (permalink) Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:10 am Usage of "such as to" |
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My English teacher's humor was such as to make every student burst into laughter. = My English teacher's humor was such (an interesting humor) as to make every student burst into laughter. = My English teacher's humor was so interesting a humor as to make every student burst into laughter.
I would think 'such' is a pronoun here = such a thing. So the original could be reworded as: My English teacher's humor was such a thing that made every student burst into laughter. IMO. |
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| #6 (permalink) Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:22 am Usage of "such as to" |
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| My English teacher's humor was such (an interesting humor) as to make every student burst into laughter |
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I think it's more:
My English teacher's humor was such (such = of a particular type) as to make every student burst into laughter.
predeterminer, determiner, pronoun |
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| #7 (permalink) Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:37 am Usage of "such as to" |
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| Molly's is precise and all-embracing. |
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| #8 (permalink) Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:45 am Usage of "such as to" |
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| Haihao wrote: |
| Molly's is precise and all-embracing. |
I embrace you, H. :D |
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| #9 (permalink) Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:42 am Usage of "such as to" |
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| Molly in Ulysses is also a beautiful woman, I think. I'd love to be embraced by Molly's friendship. :) |
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| #10 (permalink) Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:29 am Usage of "such as to" |
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| Haihao wrote: |
| Molly in Ulysses is also a beautiful woman, I think. I'd love to be embraced by Molly's friendship. :) |
:oops: |
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| #11 (permalink) Tue Jun 10, 2008 14:14 pm Usage of "such as to" |
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thank you.
It is not a little difficult for high school students in China. |
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| #12 (permalink) Tue Jun 10, 2008 14:39 pm Usage of "such as to" |
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My English teacher's humor was so hackney as to bore me to death :lol:
(Why do they always keep on choosing boring stuff as examples when compiling textbooks. It's the main reason why some people give up learning languages - if they stuffed textbooks with something new, exciting, then maybe things would look up a little)
| Haihao wrote: |
My English teacher's humor was such (an interesting humor) as to make every student burst into laughter.
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I'm being nitpicking here :), and the noun "humor" is uncountable, hence just "interesting humor" ;) |
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| #13 (permalink) Tue Jun 10, 2008 15:00 pm Usage of "such as to" |
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My English teacher's humor was so <hackney> as to bore me to death.
Hackneyed? |
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| #15 (permalink) Tue Jun 10, 2008 15:32 pm Usage of "such as to" |
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ROTFL!
What's up, Molly? Is it too complicated to accept both hackney and hackneyed as adjectives? :lol: :shock: :lol:
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