it was so late that nothing could be done

it was so late that nothing could be done

• A. It was too late for nothing to be done
• B. It was too late for anything to be done
• C. It was such late that nothing could be done.
• D. It was so late that nothing to be done

Giải đáp

Đáp án đúng là B

The correct answer is B. It was too late for anything to be done.

The phrase “too late for something to be done” means that it is too late to prevent or stop something from happening. It is a passive construction, meaning that the focus is on the action, not the person or thing performing the action.

The other options are incorrect:

• A. It was too late for nothing to be done is a double negative, which is grammatically incorrect.
• C. It was such late that nothing could be done is grammatically correct, but it does not have the same meaning as the original sentence. The phrase “such late” is not idiomatic, and it is more likely to be used in a sentence like “It was such a late hour that nothing could be done.”
• D. It was so late that nothing to be done is grammatically incorrect because it is missing a verb.

Here are some examples of how to use the phrase “too late for something to be done” in a sentence:

• It was too late for anything to be done to save the house from the fire.
• The doctors arrived by helicopter, but it was too late for anything to be done for the injured hiker.
• The company realized that it had made a mistake, but it was too late for anything to be done to fix it.

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