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Technically,“quicksand” is the term for sand that is so saturated with water as to acquire a liquid’s character.
that is so saturated with water as to acquire a liquid’s character
that is so saturated with water that it acquires the character of a liquid
that is saturated with water enough to acquire liquid characteristics
saturated enough with water so as to acquire the character of a liquid
saturated with water so much as to acquire a liquid character
题目分析：略。
选项分析：
A选项：首先要明确的是，so...as to...与so...that...表达的意思一样，均为“太…以至于…”，一种因果关系。他们的区别在于，so...as to...用于主语和to后面的动作的发出者一致时，而so...that...中，主语与that之后的主语不需要一致。
那相比之下，A B两个选项间没有成分差异，只剩下 of 和 ‘s 的区别。此时，我们需要考虑，liquid作为一个无生命物体，需要用of。
B选项：正确。
C选项：enough需要置于water前面。因为，沙子是和“足够的水”饱和，所以才获得了液体的属性，而不仅仅是“和水饱和”，所以足以获得液体的属性。
D选项：enough不能和so as to 混着用。
E选项：表达“太…以至于…”中没有so much as to的用法。
首先反驳毕出老师 关于 of 和 ‘s 的想法， 查阅了很多正确句子， 也在ron 神的课上听过， 千万不要拿 's 和of 当作 split。 这道题 从语义来说 A,B 选项有一个很细微的差别； A 选项 说的是 a liquid’s character ； B选项 character of a liquid ’； 直接读A 的话，会让读者认为 这个沙子获得的是 水中的一个特性； 而B 则是水的全部特性；这里很明显，读者的intend meaning是 ‘’沙子能够获得的是【水全部的特性】‘’， 而不是水中的一个特性！ 最后， 这里我不认为这道题是在考 so as to 和 so that 的区别， 两者确实就真正的用法来说确实so that 的用法更好， 但是GMAC 真的会 通过考察一个人 是否知道 so that 和 so as to 如此细微的差别来 筛选 所谓符合商学院的人才吗？ 根据以上分析，这道题真正考察的是句意。
赞同，OG19 740题的正确选项E：...express overall dissatisfaction with the hotels' service. Hotel也是无生命物体，但答案中还是用's的形式
但是获得液体的全部特性也不合理吧，获得的只是流动性这一个特性啊
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There are several reasons to eliminate A and choose B.
so X as to Y implies that Y SEEMS TO BE TRUE.
Official examples:
Climatic shifts are so gradual as to be indistinguishable from ordinary fluctuations in the weather.
The features of the idealized sculpture portrait are so unrealistic as to constitute what one scholar calls an "artificial face."
In each case, the blue portion is something that SEEMS TO BE TRUE about the preceding subject in red.
so X that Y implies that Y ACTUALLY HAPPENS.
An official example:
Everyday life is so brisk that it hampers the ability of some children to distinguishing discrete sounds.
Here, the blue portion is something that ACTUALLY HAPPENS -- an action that is actually performed by the preceding subject in red.
A key difference between the two idioms:
Whereas in the second idiom Y can serve to express an actual action, in the first idiom it cannot.
In the first idiom, Y must serve to express not an actual action but merely something that SEEMS TO BE TRUE about the preceding subject.
A: so saturated with water as to acquire a liquid's character
Here, so X as to Y incorrectly serves to express the action in red.
As noted above, Y in this idiom must serve to express not an actual action but merely something that seems to be true about the preceding subject.
Moreover, the usage of so X as to Y implies that the portion in red does not actually happen.
Not the intended meaning.
A person can DROWN in quicksand.
Thus, quicksand actually DOES acquire the character of a liquid.
To express this meaning, we should use so X that Y, as in the OA:
"Quicksand"...is so saturated with water that it acquires the character of a liquid.
Another issue:
A dog's eyes can reveal much about its temperament.
Here, the phrase in blue implies that every dog has UNIQUE eyes -- eyes that can reveal much about the dog's temperament.
A: a liquid's character
This phrase seems to imply that every liquid has a UNIQUE character.
Not the intended meaning.
The intention here is to discuss the general nature of any given liquid.
The OA correctly expresses this meaning:
"Quicksand"... is so saturated with water that it acquires the character of a liquid.
Here, THE CHARACTER of a liquid = the general nature of any given liquid.
For all these reasons, eliminate A.
1. so... as to... 和 so... that...
一般说起来如果so...that...可以选，坚决不选so... as to...，so that在gmat的优先级就是比so as to高，这OG里也反复强调了...
2.so as to/ so that / enough to A. so…as to 的结构表达了一种目的，而so…that 表达了consequence，语义上是有区别的，这里描述的是自然现象，用表目的的as to不是太合适——充满水以为了获得液体的特性 vs 充满水导致其获得了液体的特性，明显后者比较好；
3.so...as to...用于主语和to后面的动作的发出者一致时，而so...that...中，主语与that之后的主语不需要一致。
OG的官方解释是说用so as to体现不了subject，所以要用so that，可能so as to在GMAC看来就是不优吧。
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OG官方解释：The matter of degree in this option is introduced with the word so, which is used to indicate that the relevant degree of saturation will be specified with a clause that states a condition-a statement that includes both a subject and a verb-that implies a certain degree of saturation. Lacking a subject, this sentence fails to state a clear condition.
和所有格无关
OG官方解释：The matter of degree in this option is introduced with the word so, which is used to indicate that the relevant degree of saturation will be specified with a clause that states a condition-a statement that includes both a subject and a verb-that implies a certain degree of saturation. Lacking a subject, this sentence fails to state a clear condition.
和所有格无关
so as to的结构表达一种目的，so that表达了因果关系
Split#1：根据固定搭配排除选项D、E
Split#2：根据语义排除选项C，应该是enough water
Split#3：liquid作为一个无生命物体，需要用of
【so...as to...与so...that...】表达的意思一样，均为“太…以至于…”，一种因果关系。
他们的区别在于，so...as to...用于主语和to后面的动作的发出者一致时，而so...that...中，主语与that之后的主语不需要一致。
【of 和 ‘s 】
那相比之下，A B两个选项间没有成分差异，只剩下 of 和 ‘s 的区别。此时，我们需要考虑，liquid作为一个无生命物体，需要用of。
so...as to...与so...that...表达的意思一样，均为“太…以至于…”，一种因果关系。他们的区别在于，so...as to...用于主语和to后面的动作的发出者一致时，而so...that...中，主语与that之后的主语不需要一致。
那相比之下，A B两个选项间没有成分差异，只剩下 of 和 ‘s 的区别。此时，我们需要考虑，liquid作为一个无生命物体，需要用of。
so X as to Y表示「好像」「仿佛」，而so X that Y表示「事实」
根据别处的解析，说gmat近些年来认为so……as to do……不是标准的书面用语，在gmat中看见可以直接排除（老题不算），不知对否？
https://forum.chasedream.com/thread-1325746-1-1.html so as to与 so that
E选项：表达“太…以至于…”中没有so much as to的用法。
liquid作为一个无生命物体，需要用of。
没有so much as to...
so...as to...与so...that...表达的意思一样，均为“太…以至于…”，一种因果关系。他们的区别在于，so...as to...用于主语和to后面的动作的发出者一致时，而so...that...中，主语与that之后的主语不需要一致。
那相比之下，A B两个选项间没有成分差异，只剩下 of 和 ‘s 的区别。此时，我们需要考虑，liquid作为一个无生命物体，需要用of。
1. so... as to... 和 so... that...
一般说起来如果so...that...可以选，坚决不选so... as to...，so that在gmat的优先级就是比so as to高，这OG里也反复强调了...
2.so as to/ so that / enough to A. so…as to 的结构表达了一种目的，而so…that 表达了consequence，语义上是有区别的，这里描述的是自然现象，用表目的的as to不是太合适——充满水以为了获得液体的特性 vs 充满水导致其获得了液体的特性，明显后者比较好；
3.so...as to...用于主语和to后面的动作的发出者一致时，而so...that...中，主语与that之后的主语不需要一致。
enough放置位置