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In the following items, sentence A is complete, while sentence B is not. Complete sentence B, making it as similar as possible to sentence A. Write sentence B.
(A) He is so old that be cannot remember events of the past.
(B) He is too ............................................................................
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Solution
(A) He is so old that he cannot remember events of the past.
(B) He is too old to remember events of the past.
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