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I think both options are incorrect.
'So far as' means 'to the extent'.
So it should mean- Based on your explanation, the problem doesn't sound too bad. |
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| #3 (permalink) Tue Apr 06, 2010 15:02 pm As far as |
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| Wanderer wrote: |
| Could you help me to find out the sentence that has the same meaning as this original one? So far as you've explained the problem, it doesn't sound too bad. A. The problem didn't seen very bad until you've explained it. B. The problem wouldn't have a bad sound if you explained it. |
I am not sure that "so far as" is correct construction. I think the correct one is "as far as", unless you mean "as you've explained the problem so far, ...".
Also, "didn't seen" might be not correct as well. I think the author intended to write " wasn't seen". |
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| #4 (permalink) Wed Apr 07, 2010 4:59 am As far as |
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| Also, "didn't seen" might be not correct as well. I think the author intended to write " wasn't seen". |
I think it was a typo for 'didn't seem'. |
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| #5 (permalink) Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:46 pm As far as |
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"As far as you've explained the problem, it doesn't sound too bad" would be the correct construction of the original sentence. This means "Based on what you have told me about the problem, it doesn't seem too bad."
Neither A nor B mean the same as that.
A means "Now that you have explained the problem it seems to be worse than I first thought."
B doesn't make any sense in English.
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