mikemcgarry wrote:
Dear
chibapawan,
I'm happy to respond.
My friend, as a general rule, if you are asking about something said about an idiom, it's good to include some concrete examples.
The construction "
so X as Y" sounds bad, and I can think of no instance in which this would be correct if X is an adjective and Y is a noun.
It is correct to say "
as X as Y"
. . . as tall as a giraffe . . .
. . . as quick as lightning . . .
. . . as smart as Einstein . . . It is correct to say "
so X that." Here, the word "
that" introduces a clause.
. . . so rich that he owns his own lake . . .
. . . so loud that you can hear him inside the building across the street . . .
. . . so hot that an egg would fry on the sidewalk . . . In a variant of what you asked, it is also correct to say "
so X as to," where "
to" begins an infinitive.
. . . so buoyant as to drift off the ground without weights . . .
. . . so sick as to take the rest of the day off . . .
. . . so tired as to appear drunk . . . See:
GMAT Idioms: Cause and ConsequenceIs this last variant what you had in mind?
Mike
Hi Mike,
I have came across SC #95 in OG13,
One of the primary distinctions
between our intelligence with that of other primates may lay not so much in any specific skill but in our ability to extend knowledge gained in one context to new and different ones.
A. between our intelligence with that of other primates may lay not so much in any specific skill but
B. between our intelligence with that of other primates may lie not so much in any specific skill but instead
C. between our intelligence and that of other primates may lie not so much in any specific skill as
D. our intelligence has from that of other primates may lie not in any specific skill as
E. of our intelligence to that of other primates may lay not in any specific skill but
The correct answer is C. It seems that the GMAT accepts so X as Y. or does the construction differ here as it is
'so+adj+ preposition+as+ preposition'?
Thanks