so…that還是very…that

He looked _________ funny that we couldn’t help laughing.

A. very                    B. much                   D. rather                 D. so

答案選D，請注意其后的 that，該句使用的是 so … that …句式，句意為“他看上去很滑稽，我們都禁不住笑了”。從語法角度講，英語中的“very＋形容詞或副詞”結構通常不能用來引出結果狀語，所以 so ... that-clause (如此……以致于)、so ... as to do sth (如此……以至于做某事)、too ... to do sth (太……以致于不能做某事)、enough to do sth (足夠的……可以做某事)等結構中的 so, too, enough 等詞均不能用副詞 very 來代替。比較：

他氣得連話都說不出話。.

正：He was so angry as to be unable to speak.

正：He was so angry that he couldn't speak.

正：He was too angry to speak.

誤：He was very angry as to be unable to speak.

誤：He was very angry that he couldn't speak.

誤：He was very angry to speak.

再請做下面一題：

Marsha got so carried away when arguing with her husband _________ she hit him.

A. since                    B. and                      C. until                     D. that

答案選D，屬 so…that… 句式。全句意為“瑪莎與她丈夫爭吵過于激烈，以致動手打了他”。其中的 carry away 意為“使興奮”、“使忘其所以”，通常用于被動語態，句中的 got carried away 可視為系表結構。