Result clauses
- 2. Result Clauses You use ‘so’ or ‘so that’ to say what the result of an action or situation is. He speaks very little English, so I talked to him through an interpreter. My suitcase had become damaged on the journey home, so that the lid would not stay closed.
- 3. Result Clauses You can also use ‘so … that’ or ‘such … that’ to talk about the result of an action or situation. He dressed so quickly that he put his boots on the wrong feet. She got such a shock that she dropped the bag.
- 4. Result Clauses ‘That’ is often omitted. They were so surprised they didn’t try to stop him. They got such a fright they ran away again.
- 5. Result Clauses You only use ‘such’ before a noun, with or without an adjective. They obeyed him with such willingness that the strike went on for over a year. Sometimes they say such stupid things that I don’t even bother to listen.
- 6. Result Clauses If the noun is a singular count noun, you put ‘a’ or ‘an’ in front of it. I was in such a panic that I didn’t know it was him
- 7. Result Clauses Note: You only use ‘so’ before an adjective or an adverb. It all sounded so crazy that I laughed out loud. They worked so quickly that there was no time for talking.
- 8. Result Clauses When you want to say that something does not happen because something or someone has an excessive amount of a quality, you use ‘too’ with an adjective and a ‘to’-infinitive. For example, if you say ‘They were too tired to walk’, you mean that they did not walk because they were too tired.
- 9. Result Clauses He was too proud to apologize. She was too weak to lift me.
- 10. Result Clauses You also use ‘too’ with an adverb and a ‘to’- infinitive. They had been walking too silently to be heard. She spoke too quickly for me to understand.
- 11. Result Clauses When you want to say that a situation happens or is possible because someone or something has a sufficient amount of quality, you use ‘enough’ after adjectives and adverbs, followed by a ‘to’-infinitive. He was old enough to understand. I could see well enough to know we were losing.
- 12. Result Clauses You normally put ‘enough’ in front of a noun, not after it. I don’t think I have got enough information to speak confidently.
- 13. Result Clauses You also use ‘and as a result’, ‘and so’, or ‘and so’, and ‘therefore’ to talk about the result of an action or situation. He had been ill for six months, and as a result had lost his job. She was having great difficulty getting her car out, and so I had to move my car to let her out.
- 14. Result Clauses We have a growing population and therefore we need more and more food.
- 15. Result Clauses You can also put ‘therefore’ after the subject of the clause. For example, you can say ‘We have a growing population and we therefore need more food’. ‘As a result’ and ‘therefore’ can also be used at the beginning of a separate sentence.
- 16. Result Clauses In a group, they are not so frightened. As a result, patients reveal their problems more easily. He lacks money to invest in improving his tools. Therefore he is poor.
- 17. Result Clauses You can also put ‘therefore’ after the subject of the separate sentence. For example, you can say ‘He left us. He therefore loses his share’.