Question

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence at the underlined point:

The painting is too beautiful to have been painted by a mediocre artist.

A. very beautiful

B. that beautiful

C. NO CHANGE

D. so beautiful
Solution

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The given sentence is a synthesis of two sentences that were combined to form a simple sentence with the
expression 'too...to'. 'Too' in the underlined phrase means 'more than enough', it refers to the painting's
beauty that is more than enough because it was painted by a mediocre artist. The sentence has the proper
structure of 'too...to' hence the given sentence is correct, option D is correct. This is a simple sentence that
contains the adverb 'too', when it is converted to the complex form, 'too' is replaced by 'so...that'. If we use
option A, the sentence would need to be changed a little more by adding 'that' followed by a negative
clause, as in "so beautiful that it could not have been painted by...", and we are not supposed to change this
sentence to complex, hence option A is incorrect. Option B is incorrect as 'that' is not relevant here, it means
'as much as that', which does not complete the sentence, because it conveys a positive meaning whereas
the sentence has a negative tone. (it's hard to believe that a mediocre artist would paint such a beautiful
painting). Similarly, 'very' emphasizes the beauty of the painting, which is irrelevant to what the sentence
states, 'very' is a positive adverb whereas 'too' has a negative tone, as it refers to an excess. Hence option C
is incorrect.
My friend is too rich to by my consort.

You can see How the Transformation-of-Sentences, containing the adverb ‘too’,
takes place without changing the meaning of the sentence.
• My friend is so rich that he can not be my consort.

Example-2:

• The news is too good to be true.

You can see How the Transformation-of-Sentences takes place into the following
version without changing the meaning of the sentence.

• The news is so good that it can not be true.

Example-3:

• He drove too fast for the police to catch.

This sentence can be changed into the following version with out changing the
meaning of the sentence.

• He drove so fast that the police can not catch him.

The Transformation-of-Sentences takes place by removing the adverb ‘too’ and

by adding a conjunction ‘so…that’.

In this way, the following sentences have been changed for your attention.