“too high” vs “so high”
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My brother in the middle school had a question in his vocab exam.
It says: The roof was ..... high that no one can touch it.
- to
- so
- such
- too
He thinks so high is correct, however, I am more into using too instead of so.
What would be the correct answer ?
Thanks
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My brother in the middle school had a question in his vocab exam.
It says: The roof was ..... high that no one can touch it.
- to
- so
- such
- too
He thinks so high is correct, however, I am more into using too instead of so.
What would be the correct answer ?
Thanks
grammar vocabulary
asked Mar 30 at 17:12
Ahmad K MostafaAhmad K Mostafa
134
migrated from english.stackexchange.com Apr 3 at 15:16
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I think both are correct,toois more logically sound.
– Tiw
Mar 30 at 17:16
@Tiw thank you, you can answer and I will accept it if you wish.
– Ahmad K Mostafa
Mar 30 at 17:20
Wait wait, others may have better ideas. Also my answer is too short to be a good answer :)
– Tiw
Mar 30 at 17:23
2
In that sentence, "too high" is absolutely wrong. That makes no sense. The answer is "so high." The guy who said "too is more logically sound" must not be a native English speaker because that's not right at all.
– Benjamin Harman
Mar 30 at 17:31
@BenjaminHarman Okay, you can add the answer as well and I can accept it.
– Ahmad K Mostafa
Mar 30 at 17:34
add a comment |
My brother in the middle school had a question in his vocab exam.
It says: The roof was ..... high that no one can touch it.
- to
- so
- such
- too
He thinks so high is correct, however, I am more into using too instead of so.
What would be the correct answer ?
Thanks
grammar vocabulary
asked Mar 30 at 17:12
Ahmad K MostafaAhmad K Mostafa
134
My brother in the middle school had a question in his vocab exam.
It says: The roof was ..... high that no one can touch it.
- to
- so
- such
- too
He thinks so high is correct, however, I am more into using too instead of so.
What would be the correct answer ?
Thanks
grammar vocabulary
grammar vocabulary
asked Mar 30 at 17:12
Ahmad K MostafaAhmad K Mostafa
134
asked Mar 30 at 17:12
Ahmad K MostafaAhmad K Mostafa
134
asked Mar 30 at 17:12
Ahmad K MostafaAhmad K Mostafa
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asked Mar 30 at 17:12
Ahmad K MostafaAhmad K Mostafa
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asked Mar 30 at 17:12
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I think both are correct,toois more logically sound.
– Tiw
Mar 30 at 17:16
@Tiw thank you, you can answer and I will accept it if you wish.
– Ahmad K Mostafa
Mar 30 at 17:20
Wait wait, others may have better ideas. Also my answer is too short to be a good answer :)
– Tiw
Mar 30 at 17:23
2
In that sentence, "too high" is absolutely wrong. That makes no sense. The answer is "so high." The guy who said "too is more logically sound" must not be a native English speaker because that's not right at all.
– Benjamin Harman
Mar 30 at 17:31
@BenjaminHarman Okay, you can add the answer as well and I can accept it.
– Ahmad K Mostafa
Mar 30 at 17:34
add a comment |
I think both are correct,toois more logically sound.
– Tiw
Mar 30 at 17:16
@Tiw thank you, you can answer and I will accept it if you wish.
– Ahmad K Mostafa
Mar 30 at 17:20
Wait wait, others may have better ideas. Also my answer is too short to be a good answer :)
– Tiw
Mar 30 at 17:23
2
In that sentence, "too high" is absolutely wrong. That makes no sense. The answer is "so high." The guy who said "too is more logically sound" must not be a native English speaker because that's not right at all.
– Benjamin Harman
Mar 30 at 17:31
@BenjaminHarman Okay, you can add the answer as well and I can accept it.
– Ahmad K Mostafa
Mar 30 at 17:34
I think both are correct,
too is more logically sound.– Tiw
Mar 30 at 17:16
I think both are correct,
too is more logically sound.– Tiw
Mar 30 at 17:16
@Tiw thank you, you can answer and I will accept it if you wish.
– Ahmad K Mostafa
Mar 30 at 17:20
@Tiw thank you, you can answer and I will accept it if you wish.
– Ahmad K Mostafa
Mar 30 at 17:20
Wait wait, others may have better ideas. Also my answer is too short to be a good answer :)
– Tiw
Mar 30 at 17:23
Wait wait, others may have better ideas. Also my answer is too short to be a good answer :)
– Tiw
Mar 30 at 17:23
2
2
In that sentence, "too high" is absolutely wrong. That makes no sense. The answer is "so high." The guy who said "too is more logically sound" must not be a native English speaker because that's not right at all.
– Benjamin Harman
Mar 30 at 17:31
In that sentence, "too high" is absolutely wrong. That makes no sense. The answer is "so high." The guy who said "too is more logically sound" must not be a native English speaker because that's not right at all.
– Benjamin Harman
Mar 30 at 17:31
@BenjaminHarman Okay, you can add the answer as well and I can accept it.
– Ahmad K Mostafa
Mar 30 at 17:34
@BenjaminHarman Okay, you can add the answer as well and I can accept it.
– Ahmad K Mostafa
Mar 30 at 17:34
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The following is ungrammatical:
✘ The roof was too high that no one can touch it.
It would be fine if the rest of the sentence were rephrased in one of a few ways:
The roof was too high for anyone to touch.
The roof was too high, and no one could touch it.
But I'm assuming the question doesn't allow for the rest of the sentence to be modified in any way.
The only word you can drop into the sentence as it is that keeps it grammatical is so.
answered Mar 30 at 17:29
Jason BassfordJason Bassford
17k22238
yeah it was a multiple choice question and it does not allow for the sentence to be modified as you mentioned.
– Ahmad K Mostafa
Mar 30 at 17:38
but even the roof was so high that no one can touch it is weird because of the change of tense from was to can - for my money it should be was... could or is... can.
– Minty
Mar 30 at 17:39
@Minty Yes, I agree with you. As far as the verb tense goes, I would take it to be the best of available bad choices.
– Jason Bassford
Mar 30 at 17:44
1
@Tiw Not at all easily, I'm afraid. It's one of those things that, as a native speaker, I just know is wrong. I can't think of a simple explanation for it.
– Jason Bassford
Mar 30 at 18:09
1
@Tiw - It's not a grammar rule per se; it's just a fact of vocabulary that so...that is a common construction for joining two related ideas with a cause-and-effect relationship - see this exercise for example - and too...that isn't.
– Canadian Yankee
Apr 3 at 16:15
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The following is ungrammatical:
✘ The roof was too high that no one can touch it.
It would be fine if the rest of the sentence were rephrased in one of a few ways:
The roof was too high for anyone to touch.
The roof was too high, and no one could touch it.
But I'm assuming the question doesn't allow for the rest of the sentence to be modified in any way.
The only word you can drop into the sentence as it is that keeps it grammatical is so.
answered Mar 30 at 17:29
Jason BassfordJason Bassford
17k22238
yeah it was a multiple choice question and it does not allow for the sentence to be modified as you mentioned.
– Ahmad K Mostafa
Mar 30 at 17:38
but even the roof was so high that no one can touch it is weird because of the change of tense from was to can - for my money it should be was... could or is... can.
– Minty
Mar 30 at 17:39
@Minty Yes, I agree with you. As far as the verb tense goes, I would take it to be the best of available bad choices.
– Jason Bassford
Mar 30 at 17:44
1
@Tiw Not at all easily, I'm afraid. It's one of those things that, as a native speaker, I just know is wrong. I can't think of a simple explanation for it.
– Jason Bassford
Mar 30 at 18:09
1
@Tiw - It's not a grammar rule per se; it's just a fact of vocabulary that so...that is a common construction for joining two related ideas with a cause-and-effect relationship - see this exercise for example - and too...that isn't.
– Canadian Yankee
Apr 3 at 16:15
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The following is ungrammatical:
✘ The roof was too high that no one can touch it.
It would be fine if the rest of the sentence were rephrased in one of a few ways:
The roof was too high for anyone to touch.
The roof was too high, and no one could touch it.
But I'm assuming the question doesn't allow for the rest of the sentence to be modified in any way.
The only word you can drop into the sentence as it is that keeps it grammatical is so.
answered Mar 30 at 17:29
Jason BassfordJason Bassford
17k22238
yeah it was a multiple choice question and it does not allow for the sentence to be modified as you mentioned.
– Ahmad K Mostafa
Mar 30 at 17:38
but even the roof was so high that no one can touch it is weird because of the change of tense from was to can - for my money it should be was... could or is... can.
– Minty
Mar 30 at 17:39
@Minty Yes, I agree with you. As far as the verb tense goes, I would take it to be the best of available bad choices.
– Jason Bassford
Mar 30 at 17:44
1
@Tiw Not at all easily, I'm afraid. It's one of those things that, as a native speaker, I just know is wrong. I can't think of a simple explanation for it.
– Jason Bassford
Mar 30 at 18:09
1
@Tiw - It's not a grammar rule per se; it's just a fact of vocabulary that so...that is a common construction for joining two related ideas with a cause-and-effect relationship - see this exercise for example - and too...that isn't.
– Canadian Yankee
Apr 3 at 16:15
|
show 6 more comments
The following is ungrammatical:
✘ The roof was too high that no one can touch it.
It would be fine if the rest of the sentence were rephrased in one of a few ways:
The roof was too high for anyone to touch.
The roof was too high, and no one could touch it.
But I'm assuming the question doesn't allow for the rest of the sentence to be modified in any way.
The only word you can drop into the sentence as it is that keeps it grammatical is so.
answered Mar 30 at 17:29
Jason BassfordJason Bassford
17k22238
The following is ungrammatical:
✘ The roof was too high that no one can touch it.
It would be fine if the rest of the sentence were rephrased in one of a few ways:
The roof was too high for anyone to touch.
The roof was too high, and no one could touch it.
But I'm assuming the question doesn't allow for the rest of the sentence to be modified in any way.
The only word you can drop into the sentence as it is that keeps it grammatical is so.
answered Mar 30 at 17:29
Jason BassfordJason Bassford
17k22238
answered Mar 30 at 17:29
Jason BassfordJason Bassford
17k22238
answered Mar 30 at 17:29
Jason BassfordJason Bassford
17k22238
answered Mar 30 at 17:29
Jason BassfordJason Bassford
17k22238
17k22238
yeah it was a multiple choice question and it does not allow for the sentence to be modified as you mentioned.
– Ahmad K Mostafa
Mar 30 at 17:38
but even the roof was so high that no one can touch it is weird because of the change of tense from was to can - for my money it should be was... could or is... can.
– Minty
Mar 30 at 17:39
@Minty Yes, I agree with you. As far as the verb tense goes, I would take it to be the best of available bad choices.
– Jason Bassford
Mar 30 at 17:44
1
@Tiw Not at all easily, I'm afraid. It's one of those things that, as a native speaker, I just know is wrong. I can't think of a simple explanation for it.
– Jason Bassford
Mar 30 at 18:09
1
@Tiw - It's not a grammar rule per se; it's just a fact of vocabulary that so...that is a common construction for joining two related ideas with a cause-and-effect relationship - see this exercise for example - and too...that isn't.
– Canadian Yankee
Apr 3 at 16:15
|
show 6 more comments
yeah it was a multiple choice question and it does not allow for the sentence to be modified as you mentioned.
– Ahmad K Mostafa
Mar 30 at 17:38
but even the roof was so high that no one can touch it is weird because of the change of tense from was to can - for my money it should be was... could or is... can.
– Minty
Mar 30 at 17:39
@Minty Yes, I agree with you. As far as the verb tense goes, I would take it to be the best of available bad choices.
– Jason Bassford
Mar 30 at 17:44
1
@Tiw Not at all easily, I'm afraid. It's one of those things that, as a native speaker, I just know is wrong. I can't think of a simple explanation for it.
– Jason Bassford
Mar 30 at 18:09
1
@Tiw - It's not a grammar rule per se; it's just a fact of vocabulary that so...that is a common construction for joining two related ideas with a cause-and-effect relationship - see this exercise for example - and too...that isn't.
– Canadian Yankee
Apr 3 at 16:15
yeah it was a multiple choice question and it does not allow for the sentence to be modified as you mentioned.
– Ahmad K Mostafa
Mar 30 at 17:38
yeah it was a multiple choice question and it does not allow for the sentence to be modified as you mentioned.
– Ahmad K Mostafa
Mar 30 at 17:38
but even the roof was so high that no one can touch it is weird because of the change of tense from was to can - for my money it should be was... could or is... can.
– Minty
Mar 30 at 17:39
but even the roof was so high that no one can touch it is weird because of the change of tense from was to can - for my money it should be was... could or is... can.
– Minty
Mar 30 at 17:39
@Minty Yes, I agree with you. As far as the verb tense goes, I would take it to be the best of available bad choices.
– Jason Bassford
Mar 30 at 17:44
@Minty Yes, I agree with you. As far as the verb tense goes, I would take it to be the best of available bad choices.
– Jason Bassford
Mar 30 at 17:44
1
1
@Tiw Not at all easily, I'm afraid. It's one of those things that, as a native speaker, I just know is wrong. I can't think of a simple explanation for it.
– Jason Bassford
Mar 30 at 18:09
@Tiw Not at all easily, I'm afraid. It's one of those things that, as a native speaker, I just know is wrong. I can't think of a simple explanation for it.
– Jason Bassford
Mar 30 at 18:09
1
1
@Tiw - It's not a grammar rule per se; it's just a fact of vocabulary that so...that is a common construction for joining two related ideas with a cause-and-effect relationship - see this exercise for example - and too...that isn't.
– Canadian Yankee
Apr 3 at 16:15
@Tiw - It's not a grammar rule per se; it's just a fact of vocabulary that so...that is a common construction for joining two related ideas with a cause-and-effect relationship - see this exercise for example - and too...that isn't.
– Canadian Yankee
Apr 3 at 16:15
|
show 6 more comments
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I think both are correct,
toois more logically sound.– Tiw
Mar 30 at 17:16
@Tiw thank you, you can answer and I will accept it if you wish.
– Ahmad K Mostafa
Mar 30 at 17:20
Wait wait, others may have better ideas. Also my answer is too short to be a good answer :)
– Tiw
Mar 30 at 17:23
2
In that sentence, "too high" is absolutely wrong. That makes no sense. The answer is "so high." The guy who said "too is more logically sound" must not be a native English speaker because that's not right at all.
– Benjamin Harman
Mar 30 at 17:31
@BenjaminHarman Okay, you can add the answer as well and I can accept it.
– Ahmad K Mostafa
Mar 30 at 17:34