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James Watt did not invent the steam engine—versions existed since the early eighteenth-century—but Watt added a condenser, and this improvement made the engine so efficient and powerful that it became available for widespread industrial use.
A) this improvement made the engine so efficient and powerful that it became
B) this improvement made the engine of such efficiency and power, it would become
C) so efficient and powerful it was that this improvement made the engine, that it became
D) such was the efficiency and power caused by this improvement, it has become
E) there was so much efficiency and power in this improvement that it became
05 Feb 2022, 20:57
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
James Watt did not invent the steam engine—versions existed since the early eighteenth-century—but Watt added a condenser, and this improvement made the engine so efficient and powerful that it became available for widespread industrial use.
A) this improvement made the engine so efficient and powerful that it became
B) this improvement made the engine of such efficiency and power, it would become
C) so efficient and powerful it was that this improvement made the engine, that it became
D) such was the efficiency and power caused by this improvement, it has become
E) there was so much efficiency and power in this improvement that it became[/quote]
MAGOOSH EXPLANATION
The most common idioms of consequence are
→ so [adjective] that
→ such [noun] that
Choice (A) uses the first idiom. It is sleek and elegant: no problems.
Choice (B) opts for the second idiom, turning the adjectives into nouns, and it omits the that—this omission makes this answer too casual for the GMAT, whereas turning the adjectives into nouns makes it too stilted.
This answer choice fails in both directions! Choice (B) is incorrect.
Choice (C) is hyper-dramatic, far more dramatic and emphatic than the context demands.
Furthermore, the dramatic rearrangement introduces a second that, which is confusing.
The words that and it each appear twice, each doing different things—very confusing!
Choice (C) is incorrect.
Like choice (B), choice (D) turns the adjectives into nouns and omits the that. This rendition is even more hyper-dramatic than (B), but it has the same casual omission of “that.”
Option D seems to suggest, illogically, that the improvement and not the engine became widely available.
It’s also strangely passive and indirect.
Choice (D) is wrong for a number of reasons.
Choice (E) is extremely indirect, passive, and livy-livered.
Like (D), this option illogically suggests that the improvement and not the engine became widely available.
Choice (E) is grammatically correct but it has rhetorical and logical problems. Choice (E) is incorrect.
Choice (A) is the best answer.
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kungfury42 , welcome to SC Butler.
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If you force yourself to write an answer, you will sear the concepts into your already bright minds, and your GMAT score will be the better for your having posted.
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James Watt did not invent the steam engine—versions existed since the early eighteenth-century—but Watt added a condenser, and this improvement made the engine so efficient and powerful that it became available for widespread industrial use.
A) this improvement made the engine so efficient and powerful that it became
B) this improvement made the engine of such efficiency and power, it would become
C) so efficient and powerful it was that this improvement made the engine, that it became
D) such was the efficiency and power caused by this improvement, it has become
E) there was so much efficiency and power in this improvement that it became[/quote]
MAGOOSH EXPLANATION
The most common idioms of consequence are
→ so [adjective] that
→ such [noun] that
Choice (A) uses the first idiom. It is sleek and elegant: no problems.
Choice (B) opts for the second idiom, turning the adjectives into nouns, and it omits the that—this omission makes this answer too casual for the GMAT, whereas turning the adjectives into nouns makes it too stilted.
This answer choice fails in both directions! Choice (B) is incorrect.
Choice (C) is hyper-dramatic, far more dramatic and emphatic than the context demands.
Furthermore, the dramatic rearrangement introduces a second that, which is confusing.
The words that and it each appear twice, each doing different things—very confusing!
Choice (C) is incorrect.
Like choice (B), choice (D) turns the adjectives into nouns and omits the that. This rendition is even more hyper-dramatic than (B), but it has the same casual omission of “that.”
Option D seems to suggest, illogically, that the improvement and not the engine became widely available.
It’s also strangely passive and indirect.
Choice (D) is wrong for a number of reasons.
Choice (E) is extremely indirect, passive, and livy-livered.
Like (D), this option illogically suggests that the improvement and not the engine became widely available.
Choice (E) is grammatically correct but it has rhetorical and logical problems. Choice (E) is incorrect.
Choice (A) is the best answer.
COMMENTS
kungfury42 , welcome to SC Butler.
We are very glad to have you join in.
All aspirants have a standing invitation to post.
If you force yourself to write an answer, you will sear the concepts into your already bright minds, and your GMAT score will be the better for your having posted.
I am pleased with these answers.
05 Feb 2022, 21:14
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My answer is (A). It took me 01:35.
(A) Straightforward with clear meaning. Keep for now.
(B) Comma splice.
(C) This version is not correctly constructed. Consider:
It was so efficient and powerful that this improvement made the engine
OR
It was that this improvement made the engine so efficient and powerful
Either version leaves reader wonder what it intends to say. Feeling incomplete and too convoluted.
Then, after the comma, "that it ..." is disconnected with the main clause.
Moreover, "it" can refer to "this improvement".
(D) Again, after the comma, "that it ..." is disconnected with the main clause.
Moreover, "it" can only refer to "this improvement".
"such ... that" should be used. One possible correction is
such was the efficiency and power caused by this improvement that the steam engine has become
(E) No glaring errors. But the antecedent for "it" is "this improvement".
(A) Straightforward with clear meaning. Keep for now.
(B) Comma splice.
(C) This version is not correctly constructed. Consider:
It was so efficient and powerful that this improvement made the engine
OR
It was that this improvement made the engine so efficient and powerful
Either version leaves reader wonder what it intends to say. Feeling incomplete and too convoluted.
Then, after the comma, "that it ..." is disconnected with the main clause.
Moreover, "it" can refer to "this improvement".
(D) Again, after the comma, "that it ..." is disconnected with the main clause.
Moreover, "it" can only refer to "this improvement".
"such ... that" should be used. One possible correction is
such was the efficiency and power caused by this improvement that the steam engine has become
(E) No glaring errors. But the antecedent for "it" is "this improvement".
