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Brigham Young's tribulations during the migration west were difficult 24 Apr 2018, 12:21
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Brigham Young's tribulations during the migration west were difficult and determination to resettle in Salt Lake City and make it LDS' new hub was fierce, so that it seems divine providence has blessed the state of Utah.

A. Brigham Young's tribulations during the migration west were difficult and determination to resettle in Salt Lake City and make it LDS' new hub was fierce, so that

B. So difficult were Brigham Young's tribulations during the migration west and so fierce his determination to resettle in Salt Lake City and make it LDS' new hub, that

C. Difficult were Brigham Young's tribulations during the migration west, his determination to resettle in Salt Lake City and make it LDS' new hub fierce, that

D. During the migration west, so difficult were Brigham Young's tribulations and determination to resettle in Salt Lake City and make it LDS' new hub was so fierce, that

E. So difficult were Brigham Young's tribulations during the migration west and his determination to resettle in Salt Lake City and make it LDS' new hub was fierce, that
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Brigham Young's tribulations during the migration west were difficult 12 May 2018, 05:52
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Sentence is based on "so..that" construction

Also Young's tribulations require it's refrence in 2nd clause of sentence so "his" is required here

"His" is not present in A and D so they are out

C-wrong as sentence talks about " difficult were.. that" awkward construction

E-was fierce,that
Placement of that after was firece and comma makes this sentence a bit awkward so wrong

B is correct choice

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Brigham Young's tribulations during the migration west were difficult 06 Jul 2018, 08:26
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Right answer seems wrong to me since 'that' shouldn't be preceded by a comma. Plz reply
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Right answer seems wrong to me since 'that' shouldn't be preceded by a comma. Plz reply
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Brigham Young's tribulations during the migration west were difficult and determination to resettle in Salt Lake City and make it LDS' new hub was fierce, so that it seems divine providence has blessed the state of Utah.

B. So difficult were Brigham Young's tribulations during the migration west and so fierce his determination to resettle in Salt Lake City and make it LDS' new hub, that

At first I also hesitate to choose this choice but after considering the rest of choices I think "B" is the best.

Let's see if the sentence doesn't have "," before that
So difficult were Brigham Young's tribulations during the migration west and so fierce his determination to resettle in Salt Lake City and make it LDS' new hub that it seems divine providence has blessed the state of Utah.
"That" can be kinda ambiguous whether it is a part of the idiom "So...that" or refers to "LDS' new hub"?
So I think in this case it's better to have comma before that
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Brigham Young's tribulations during the migration west were difficult 13 Sep 2018, 09:19
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My doubt is that as option B's second clause, separated by 'and', doesn't have any verb in it, how can this make option B correct.
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I think in option B
B. So difficult were Brigham Young's tribulations during the migration west and so fierce his determination to resettle in Salt Lake City and make it LDS' new hub, that

were is missing in the second "so"


B. So difficult were Brigham Young's tribulations during the migration west and so were fierce his determination to resettle in Salt Lake City and make it LDS' new hub, that

hence B is not correct . Can anyone help me on this . #gmatninja # generesis
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Brigham Young's tribulations during the migration west were difficult 18 Sep 2021, 00:01
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To call them you have to add the “at” symbol

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generis

The Idiom structure “so…..that….” involves sentence inversion. In the first part, the finite verb is moved before the subject phrase.

The structure is a writer’s tool to place extra emphasis on the quality discussed.

It’s not JUST that “Brigham Young’s tribulations were difficult”

“SO difficult were Brigham Young’s tribulations…” that [Y] was the result.

In the first part, following the “so”, the conjunction “and” is used to string together 2 clauses. The -to be verb “was” can be implied in the second part.

If we were to put the sentence back in standard form (omitting a lot of the modifiers):

“Brigham Young’s tribulations were so difficult and his determination [was] so fierce that….”

The writer, in an attempt to put extra emphasis on just how difficult the tribulations were, uses the sophisticated structure in answer A.

I hope some of that helped a little?

I tagged GMATNinja and generis so I’m sure they will provide a better analysis.


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I think in option B
B. So difficult were Brigham Young's tribulations during the migration west and so fierce his determination to resettle in Salt Lake City and make it LDS' new hub, that

were is missing in the second "so"


B. So difficult were Brigham Young's tribulations during the migration west and so were fierce his determination to resettle in Salt Lake City and make it LDS' new hub, that

hence B is not correct . Can anyone help me on this . #gmatninja # generesis
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