Learn English – May I write”…they been so kind and arranged “

sentence-construction

I'm constructing a sentence which right now looks like this

We all know it is a long way to their nearest office, but they have
been so kind and arranged for them to come to us.

Is this the correct use of "been so kind" and is the sentence correct?

Best Answer

The usual construction is "to be so kind as to do something". In your example it would be:

We all know it is a long way to their nearest office, but they have been so kind as to arrange for them to come to us.

This construction seems a little odd at first, but as @FumbleFingers says below, it means (approximately) their kindness was so great that it caused, enabled them to help (i.e. - so = to such an extent).

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