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In 1527 King Henry VIII sought to have his marriage to Queen Catherine annulled so as to marry Anne Boleyn. (A) so as to marry (B) and so could be married to (C) to be married to (D) so that he could marry (E) in order that he would marry I want some help to understand why C is wrong. You can say it is passive. But it is not the reason given by OG. In OG it says " The infinitive must be preceded by a conjunction ( in order ). "To marry" is preferable to wordier "to be married to" ". I cannot crack this. In 1527 King Henry VIII decided to marry Anne Boleyn - OK In 1527 King Henry VIII he divorced Queen Catherine to marry Anne Boleyn - OK [ I hope ] But why I cannot say: In 1527 King Henry VIII sought to have his marriage to Queen Catherine annulled to marry Anne Boleyn. Why ( according to OG ) I have to say: In 1527 King Henry VIII sought to have his marriage to Queen Catherine annulled in order to marry Anne Boleyn. I am missing something here. SOS
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It is the meaning in an option that makes it right or wrong.
Also, option C makes the sentence awkward.
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(D) so that he could marry is more preferable than (C) to be married to .....meaning wise. On the other hand avoid 'to be' in GMAT.
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Hi SudiptoGmat, I know that "so as" is always wrong on GMAT but what do you mean by this......"on the other hand avoid 'to be' in GMAT."
"so" + adjective + "as {to}" + verb - is the correct form
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So as to is valid idiom but there should be an adjective between so and as. 'to be' is not always wrong but in most of the cases it should be avoided if we have any other better option.
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Nobody has answered the specific question of Gmatavenue, why does the OG say that, in choice C, "in order" is necessary? Most of us know that "in order" can be omitted. Thanks!
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Quote: In 1527 King Henry VIII sought to have his marriage to Queen Catherine annulled so as to marry Anne Boleyn.
(A) so as to marry
(B) and so could be married to
(C) to be married to
(D) so that he could marry
(E) in order that he would marry
I want some help to understand why C is wrong. You can say it is passive. But it is not the
reason given by OG.
In OG it says "The infinitive must be preceded by a conjunction ( in order ). "To marry" is preferable to wordier "to be married to" ". To be married to is unidiomatic. Though we use it often, it should be avoided. 'To marry' is slightly different in meaning from 'so that he could'. So that he could marry means that the annulment of earlier marriage allowed him to marry Anne Boleyn.
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Quote: In OG it says "The infinitive must be preceded by a conjunction ( in order ). "To marry" is preferable to wordier "to be married to" ". The OG provides two alternatives to the choice C 1. in order to be married to (even this is little awkward); to be married to is unidiomatic 2. to marry; this is concise and idiomatically correct. However, both these sentences do not appear in any of the answer choices. Also they alter the meaning of so that he could marry.
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A thumb rule that I follow is an infinitive must always have the form to+verb; in this case, this rule is violated.
D is the correct answer - it uses the idiomatic form X so that Y
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so ..as to so ....that Both idioms are correct
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metallicafan wrote: Nobody has answered the specific question of Gmatavenue, why does the OG say that, in choice C, "in order" is necessary?
Most of us know that "in order" can be omitted.
Thanks! Hi, I still can NOT understand why "to be married to" is wrong. The King sought to have his marriage annulled to be married to A.B. - why is this wrong. Doesn't it mean the same as the following sentence: The King sought to have his marriage annulled to get married to A.B. Is this sentence correct/better than the one above (to be married one)? Thanks.
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I got everything but C is clearly changing the meaning. He is a king what does it mean " so that he could marry". Though the usage of as so is wrong, I am not sure that it gives the same meaning. Can anyone make it clear for me?
I am trying to say that the sentence does not give me the idea that he should get divorced before get married to Anne.
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gmatavenue wrote:
In 1527 King Henry VIII sought to have his marriage to Queen Catherine annulled so as to marry Anne Boleyn.
(A) so as to marry
(B) and so could be married to
(C) to be married to
(D) so that he could marry
(E) in order that he would marry
King Henry VIII sought to have the annulment in order to marry Anne Boleyn. That is the meaning of the sentence. There should be a continuity in the sentence and the act of annulment and marrying another woman should not be taken as disconnected events. Thus, (B) is wrong because of its usage of "and" (E) is eliminated because of its wrong construction of "in order to" (A) is also eliminated because the correct usage is So X as to Y (C) is obviously awkward Answer: (D) so that he could marry
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In 1527 King Henry VIII sought to have his marriage to Queen Catherine annulled so as to marry Anne Boleyn.
(A) so as so marry
(B) and so could be married to
(C) to be married to
(D) so that he could marry
(E) in order that he would marry
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answer is D, nothing else makes any sense
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In 1527 King Henry VIII sought to have his marriage to Queen Catherine annulled so as to marry Anne Boleyn.
(A) so as so marry
(B) and so could be married to
(C) to be married to
(D) so that he could marry
(E) in order that he would marry
A- un idiomatic
B - Tense error.
C- Tense error.
E- wordy
Ans : D
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D Idioms So as to cannot be used to replace in order toSo that is a correct replacement.e would have been correct if it said. in order toHere in order to in option e is correct but would should be could.
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christykarunya wrote: In 1527 King Henry VIII sought to have his marriage to Queen Catherine annulled so as to marry Anne Boleyn.
(A) so as so marry
(B) and so could be married to
(C) to be married to
(D) so that he could marry
(E) in order that he would marry THERE is no grammar errors inhere. there are only meaning errors. "would do" is more certain than " could do" , so D is more logical then E in this context. the meaning here require a possibility not a certainty. in b and c, the meaning is that the subject dose not do the action of marrying. this is not the intended meaning. D is most logical, simply speaking
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in "so that" and "in order that" clause , subjuctive mood is required , and, so, only "may,might, can, could+infinitive" is used. "would do" is incorrect in "so that", and "in order that" clauses
this case is called quasi-subjuctive mood.
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Hi
In GMAT, 'so that ' is always prefferd over 'so as'. This helps to eliminate A.
B is awkward
E is wrong in using 'in order that' instead of 'in order to'
C is wrong beacuse the construction is awkward and passive.
B can be the second choice after D.
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