so(such) ~ that, so that, so ~ that ~ may
■ so ~ that : 너무/매우 ~하여 ~하다.(원인/결과)
1. so + 형용사/부사 + that + 주어 + 동사
2. such + 명사 + that + 주어 + 동사
That book is very difficult, so I can't read it.
That book is so difficult that I can’t read it. 책이 너무 어려워 난 읽을 수 없다.
=That is such a difficult book that I can’t read it.
=That book is too difficult for me to read.
∙ 구어에서는 종종 that을 생략한다.
∙ 결과를 표현하지만 정도를 나타낼 때도 있다.(부정 주어)
No country is so wild that we cannot explore it.
(우리들이 탐험할 수 없을 만큼 황량한 땅은 없다.)
■ so that ~ may(can) : ~하기 위하여
He eat so that we may live.
= in order that = in order to = so as to do
■ (comma), so that : 그래서
He got up early, so that he could catch the first train.
(그는 일찌일어나 첫기차를 탈 수 있었다.)
■ 주어 + so + 동사 + that + 주어+동사
It so happened that I got the question I knew.
= I got the question I knew by chance. 우연히 내가 아는 문제가 나왔다.