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Question
In the following item, sentence I is complete, while sentence II is not. Complete sentence II, making it as similar as possible to sentence I. Write sentence II.
(I) He was too gentle to have committed the crime.
(II) He was so ______
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Solution
(I) He was too gentle to have committed the crime.
(II) He was so gentle that he could not have committed the crime.
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