sat语法问题

Question

Despite receiving praise for its special effects,the movie was critized because its characters were so weak as being scarcely belivable.这句话的 being错了？求问原因？

Answer 1

Despite receiving praise for its special effects,the movie was critized because its characters were so weak as 【being——to be】 scarcely belivable.
句意：
尽管因其特效而受到赞扬，但是这部电影却受到批评，因为它的角色/人物是如此的虚弱以至于几乎不可信。
按照句意表达，because从句中要表达【如此...... 以至于......】，对应的英语结构形式应该是【so/such...that/as to be...】，这里后面没有再用从句，而用了非谓语动词，所以，【being】应该改为【to be】.
祝你开心如意！

Answer 2

后半部分的句子我觉得应该改成: .....because its characters were so weak as were scarcely believable.
错误的原因我个人认为是平行结构. were 是动词, so 是副词, weak 是形容词; 所以于此对应的后半部分 were 是动词, scarcely 是副词, believable 是形容词刚好吻合. 在句子中如果看见 AS 要提高警惕, 因为有可能出现平行结构的考点也有可能是 AS...AS....或者 SO...AS TO DO....等的固定结构搭配考点.
而且, 在 SAT 语法中, being 是一个比较不常用的表达, 经常会显得awkward , 所以句子中有 being 的地方要有怀疑精神比较妥当.
希望这样的解释你能明白.

Answer 3

so ...as to + 动原；不定式做状语。