有一读者问： 《现代英语表现法》第48页上有这样一句话：
(1)Wants Daisy and me to hurry up and mussy so's she can have a rest.
so's指什么？
so's 相当于 so as，而so as在英语俗语(vulgar English)中常用以替代规范的so that，其后常接can或could。这种so as...can (could)从句常被用作目的状语。再如：
(2)I told him off so as he could hardly look me in the face.
(3)They are kicking up a row so as you can't hear the birds singing.
(4)I reckon Mrs. Spencer described it so's you could tell.
so as亦可引导表示结果的状语从句，如：
(5)But they made so pore a business of their fishing so as after this year they never more looked after them. （古旧的，pore 相当于 poor）
so与as亦可分割开，相当于so...that, 实例如：
(6)He was so bad a scribe as his hand was scarce legible. （scarce较为古旧，现今用scarcely）
顺便提之，有的语法家认为用俗词as替代that显然是一种较为古老的用法，上述句（4）和句（5）中所用的较为古旧的文字即是很好的例证。
相当于that的俗词as亦可用在别的句子结构中，如：
(7)I can't see as you were to blame.
(8)— Did you ever know of anybody whose hair was red when she was young, but got to be another colour when she grew up?
— No, I don't know as I ever did.
