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Question:

Combine the sentences correctly using 'so...that':-

There was much noise. I couldn't hear the speech.

A. There was much noise so I couldn't hear that the speech.

B. There was much noise so that I couldn't hear the speech.

C. There was so much noise that I couldn't hear the speech.

D. So much noise there was that I couldn't hear the speech.

The correct answer is C) There was so much noise that I couldn't hear the speech.

Besides the fact that A, B, and D are grammatically incorrect, let us start by looking at the structure of the sentences.

The sentences comprised of two independent clauses:

But there is something wrong with the first sentence so let's see if any of the "so" or "that" can fix it.

Rules guiding the use of "So"

"So" is an intensity or degree adverb that modifies or qualifies adjectives and other adverbs. For example:

Given the above, the best places to insert "so" in a sentence would be at the start and before "much".

To use it at the start without violating grammar rules would require a comma immediately after, such that the sentence would read thus:

So, there was much noise.

The sentence above, however, is still incorrect, and here is the reason why.

By adding "so" to "much" we are obeying the rule of "so" as a degree adverb.

Which when used without "much" can be used in sentences this way:

When combined with "much" it can be used properly right before singular uncountable nouns. In sentence 1 above, the singular uncountable noun there is noise.

Other examples of singular uncountable nouns are:

Now that we have fixed sentence 1, it should read thus:

1. There was so much noise.

Let's look at sentence number 2.

"That" is a conjunction. One of its uses is for the connection of two independent clauses.

In summary, the correct form of the sentence after introducing "so" and "that" is:

There was so much noise that I couldn't hear the speech.

For more about independent clauses please see the following link:

Cheers

what passage is used?

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)