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Among the cossacks, vegetable farming was once so despised that it was Updated on: 09 Oct 2018, 02:05
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Among the cossacks, vegetable farming was once so despised that it was forbidden on pain of death.

(A) so despised that it was
(B) so despised to be
(C) so despised it had been
(D) despised enough that it was
(E) despised enough as to be
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104.Among the cossacks, vegetable farming was once so despised that it was forbidden on pain of death.
(A) so despised that it was
(B) so despised to be
(C) so despised it had been
(D) despised enough that it was
(E) despised enough as to be
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idiom: so X that Y
The weather was so humid that condensation accumulated on my car window.

that starts a restrictive clause so the tense needs to be the same.

Answer is A.
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A)...we are tested on the right usage of an idiom and thats is "so...that"
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Correct idiom is : So X that Y
This one seems to be frequently tested. Each time this idiom is tested, you would find "X enough that" as one of the answer choice, which uses the wrong idiom.
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Among the cossacks, vegetable farming was once so despised that it was forbidden on pain of death.

(A) so despised that it was
(B) so despised to be
(C) so despised it had been
(D) despised enough that it was
(E) despised enough as to be
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B, C, and E do not maintain the same verb tense in the sentence. We saw "was once" and should look for continuance of that tense.

D uses "that it was" which is correct but "depised enough" breaks the idiom phrase.

A keeps the same verb tense and idiom.
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