章振邦语法书上的这个句子是错的吗

I was that hungry I could have eaten a horse

这是章振邦语法书上的,别人都说是错的,说原形是I was so hungry I could have eaten a horse.

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最佳答案 2022-07-19 17:34

少见则多怪。that在非正式语体可以用作程度副词,修饰形容词或副词。所以 I was that hungry是没有问题的,问题是that hungry是否可以后接结果状语从句。我在COCA语料库找到类似例句,说明that+形容词+结果状语从句是可以用的,只是不如so+形容词+that)结果状语从句常见罢了。通常语法书的例句不会是作者随便编写的,通常都是有出处的,所以不应该随意质疑语法书例句的正确性。下面是COCA例句:

One other guy took me out to see Crocodile Dundee and then took me home, kissed me on the doorstep -- his tongue was that long it tickled my tonsils and I wondered if he was a snake. 

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  • 何毅 提出于 2022-07-15 18:41