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Par. 205.1 RELATIVE WORDS.

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The Regular Construction would be -
(2) " The sailors furled the sails so (in the way) as
(in which way) [they would furl the sails] to be
prepared for the storm."
Brevity (Law I.), disliking the repetition, omits
the bracketed sentence. In the same way we
say(3) " I am not so credulous as (I should have to be)
to believe this."
The words " so as " add indefiniteness, by suggesting condition. If they had been omitted:
(4) " The sailors furled the sails to be prepared for the storm."
-the purpose of the sailors would have been definitely expressed. But the insertion of "so as " implies rather that
the work was of a nature tending towards a certain result,
without distinctly stating the purpose.
205 5. " As." "In that way," "in which way."
(1) "I have not such kind treatment as I used to
have."
(2) " Bring such books as you have."
(3) " Parse such a sentence as this (is)."
(4) " Such as it is, I give it you."
The Regular Construction would be (since " such"
means " so-like," and is the Demonstrative corresponding to the Relative " whic," i.e. whatlike): -
(5) " I have not such kind treatment which I used to
have."