Problems With Modifiers (3): Modifiers of Cause in Clauses of Cause-and-Result.

([She] [got up] [so] [late] [that] [she] [missed] her bus)

- (S): She
- (V): got up
- (so): so
- (adverb): late
- (that): that
- (S): She
- (V): missed
- her bus

(The music was so loud that we couldn't talk)

- (S): The music
- (V): was
- (so): so
- (adjective): loud
- (that): that
- (S): we
- (V): couldn't talk

Avoid using (as) or (too) instead of (so). Avoid using (as) instead of (that).

Examples:

Incorrect: He is (so slow as) he never gets to class on time.
Correct: He is (so slow that) he never gets to class on time.

Incorrect: This suitcase is (as heavy that) I can hardly carry it.
Correct: This suitcase is (so heavy that) I can hardly carry it.

Incorrect: We arrived (so late as) Professor Hery had already called the roll.
Correct: We arrived (so late that) Professor Hery had already called the roll.

Incorrect: He drives (so fast as) no one likes to ride with him.
Correct: He drives (so fast that) no one likes to ride with him.

Incorrect: Preparing frozen foods is (too easy that) anyone can do it.
Correct: Preparing frozen foods is (so easy that) anyone can do it.