Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Nov 2007:30 AM PST
-08:30 AM PST
Learn what truly sets the UC Riverside MBA apart and how it helps in your professional growth
Nov 2211:00 AM IST
-01:00 PM IST
Do RC/MSR passages scare you? e-GMAT is conducting a masterclass to help you learn – Learn effective reading strategies Tackle difficult RC & MSR with confidence Excel in timed test environment- Nov 23
11:00 AM IST
-01:00 PM IST
Attend this free GMAT Algebra Webinar and learn how to master the most challenging Inequalities and Absolute Value problems with ease. 
Nov 2510:00 AM EST
-11:00 AM EST
Prefer video-based learning? The Target Test Prep OnDemand course is a one-of-a-kind video masterclass featuring 400 hours of lecture-style teaching by Scott Woodbury-Stewart, founder of Target Test Prep and one of the most accomplished GMAT instructors.
Youraisemeup
Joined: 17 Oct 2015
Last visit: 26 Sep 2023
Posts: 131
Own Kudos:
Given Kudos: 453
Location: India
Concentration: Finance
Schools: ISB '21 (A)
GMAT 1: 690 Q47 V37
GMAT 2: 700 Q44 V41
WE:Corporate Finance (Finance: Investment Banking)
Products:
28 Feb 2016, 07:39
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hi all,
There is a continuous difficulty i am facing about an idiom "As <adj> As to <verb>" eg as hot as to burn my mouth.
Magoosh says its an acceptable idiom usage whereas i faced a few resources that say this usage is unidiomatic.
Please enlighten me on this.
There is a continuous difficulty i am facing about an idiom "As <adj> As to <verb>" eg as hot as to burn my mouth.
Magoosh says its an acceptable idiom usage whereas i faced a few resources that say this usage is unidiomatic.
Please enlighten me on this.
Archived Topic
Hi there,
This topic has been closed and archived due to inactivity or violation of community quality standards. No more replies are possible here.
Where to now? Join ongoing discussions on thousands of quality questions in our Verbal Questions Forum
Still interested in this question? Check out the "Best Topics" block below for a better discussion on this exact question, as well as several more related questions.
Thank you for understanding, and happy exploring!
Youraisemeup
Joined: 17 Oct 2015
Last visit: 26 Sep 2023
Posts: 131
Own Kudos:
Given Kudos: 453
Location: India
Concentration: Finance
Schools: ISB '21 (A)
GMAT 1: 690 Q47 V37
GMAT 2: 700 Q44 V41
WE:Corporate Finance (Finance: Investment Banking)
Products:
05 Mar 2016, 09:57
Kudos
Bookmarks
bumping it in absence of response. got my exam soon. Request clarity on this.
05 Mar 2016, 17:08
Kudos
Bookmarks
debbiem
I am writing this only from my logical sense; I have not read about such explanation anywhere - you need to verify this explanation with another expert.
As I understand, as .... as... is a comparison rather than an idiom.
Moreover, when as is used to compare, a clause must be used.
I am as good as Jack is actually I am as good as Jack is.
Now let us see in details how the comparison works:
The teapot is hot.
The sun is hot.
The teapot is as hot as the sun (is hot).
Now eliminating the unnecessary repeated part from the second element of comparison we get:
The teapot is as hot as the sun.
Now let us take your example and work the reverse way back and see which two elements are compared:
The teapot is as hot as to burn my mouth.
Which two elements are compared? ... let us add back the repeated parts:
The teapot is as hot as (the teapot is) to burn my mouth.
The teapot is hot.
The teapot is to burn my mouth.
The second element does not seem to make much sense, hence probably the comparison is wrong.
However I am not aware if any special idiomatic usage makes the comparison you mentioned valid - after all idioms cannot be explained by any rules - you would require to verify with an authentic grammar book - I searched the bible of English grammar, Wren and Martin, but could not find anything on this topic.
