Hegavemeso/suchlittlemoneythatIcouldnotevenbuyabarofchocolate(他給我的錢,少得買不到一條巧克力)這一句,應用so還是such?
答案是so。「So+形容詞(adjective)/副詞(adverb)+that子句(clause)」,可用來表達「那樣……以至」的意思,例如:(1)Heissofoolishthat/Sofoolishishethatyoucaneasilyoutwithim(他那麼蠢,你和他鬥智可以輕易取勝)。(2)Hespokesoloudlythat/Soloudlydidhespeakthateveryoneheardhim(他說得那麼大聲,人人都聽到了)。
Such也可表達「那樣……以至」的意思,句式則如下:「sucha/an+(形容詞+)單數形式可數名詞(singularcountablenoun)+that子句」或「such+(形容詞+)複數形式可數名詞(pluralcountablenoun)+that子句」。例如:(1)Heissuchafoolthat/Heissuchafoolishmanthatyoucaneasilyoutwithim。(2)Theyaresuchfoolsthat/Theyaresuchfoolishpeoplethatyoucaneasilyoutwitthem。(3)Hespokeinsuchaloudvoice(=Hespokeinsoloudavoice)thateveryoneheardhim。讀者示下那一句,money是不可數名詞(uncountablenoun),所以不可用such,除非句子改寫如下:HegavemesuchasmallamountofmoneythatIcouldnotevenbuyabarofchocolate。留意這個用法的such沒有倒裝句式(inversion),即句子動詞不可改置於主詞(subject)之前,so則可用於倒裝句。
【代郵】Mango君:Practice(練習)作動詞,為美式拼法;英式英文以practice作名詞,practise作動詞。