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F. Material Description

Activity 2. Read and learn the following explanation.

In a conversation, sometimes people use Causal Relationship. There are several things that
should you pay attention more about the structure, the use and the rule of using it. The
following is the explanation.

Causal Relationship (Cause and Effect)

a. Definition
“So and Such” is Adverb of Degree. In English emphasize the quality of someone /
something that we can interpret as "very". Then followed by “that” which means,
emphasis on quality causes something to happen that we can interpret as “so”.

b. Social function
‘So ... that ...’ and ‘Such...that ...’ is used to show cause and effect.

c. Structure of the text

So + adjective / adverb + that + clause

So + many/much/few/little + noun+ that + clause

Such + a + noun phrase (adjective + singular count noun) + that + clause

Such + noun phrase (adjective + plural count / non-count noun) + that + clause

Such + a + noun phrase (adverb + singular count noun) + that + clause

❖ When do we use it?

1) ‘So ... that ...’ and ‘Such ... that ...’ is used when you want to show a fact with the
result or consequence.

Examples:
• Ivan Gunawan is so famous that he appears on TV almost every day.
Cause (Fact) Effect
The sentence “Ivan Gunawan is so famous “ expresses the fact of Ivan’s
popularity.
The clause ‘that’ after ‘so famous’ expresses the effect of Ivan Gunawan
being popular.

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