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Never before in the history of music have musical superstars been able

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Never before in the history of music have musical superstars been able [#permalink] New post   03 Dec 2018, 10:20
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Never before in the history of music have musical superstars been able to command so extraordinary fees of the kind they do today.


(A) so extraordinary fees of the kind they do today

(B) so extraordinary fees as they are today

(C) such extraordinary fees as they do today

(D) such extraordinary fees of the kind today’s have

(E) so extraordinary a fee of the kind they can today
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Re: Never before in the history of music have musical superstars been able [#permalink] New post   03 Dec 2018, 16:48
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So+ adjectives
such + noun

extraordinary fees- noun
Therefore, use of such is correct.
Now after looking at C and D
C is correct.
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Re: Never before in the history of music have musical superstars been able [#permalink] New post   04 Dec 2018, 02:52
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between so and as, there can not be a noun. so, choice B is wrong. choice c is correct.

if we change choice b into
fee so extraordinary as they are today
this version is correct.
am i correct?
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Re: Never before in the history of music have musical superstars been able [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 06 Dec 2018, 08:34
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Never before in the history of music have musical superstars been able to command so extraordinary fees of the kind they do today.

1. Modifier error
"so" is incorrect as it modifiers the noun, extraordinary fees. "Such" is proper to use to modify the noun.

2. Wordiness
"of the kind" is no meaning in the text, therefore can be eliminated. In other words, the meaning is not changed even if it is eliminated.

With this pre-thinking, we can eliminate easily A, B, E.

(C) such extraordinary fees as they do today
IMO: correct. all errors pointed out during pre-thinking analysis are fixed.

Originally posted by kookies on 04 Dec 2018, 07:42.
Last edited by kookies on 06 Dec 2018, 08:34, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Never before in the history of music have musical superstars been able [#permalink] New post   04 Dec 2018, 10:37
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Never before in the history of music have musical superstars been able to command so extraordinary fees of the kind they do today.

(A) so extraordinary fees of the kind they do today

(B) so extraordinary fees as they are today

(C) such extraordinary fees as they do today

(D) such extraordinary fees of the kind today’s have

(E) so extraordinary a fee of the kind they can today

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C should be the correct answer.
Such correctly modifies fees.
What kind of fees? Extraordinary fees.
Correct Idiom is Such... as...
So *noun* as... is unidiomatic.
So *adj* as to *verb* is idiomatic.

D is wordy and awkward.
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Re: Never before in the history of music have musical superstars been able [#permalink] New post   04 Dec 2018, 11:19
Official Explanation :

The correct form of expression will include the phrase such extraordinary fees as. In choice A, B, and E, so in place of such produces the ungrammatical phrase so. . .fees where such. . .fees is required.

Also, do is needed to complete the verb command: are in choice B and have in D produce the ungrammatical verb forms are command and have command. Finally, as, not of the kind, correctly completes the construction begun by such.

Choice C is the best answer.
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Re: Never before in the history of music have musical superstars been able [#permalink] New post   21 Jan 2019, 06:15
thangvietnam wrote:
between so and as, there can not be a noun. so, choice B is wrong. choice c is correct.

if we change choice b into
fee so extraordinary as they are today
this version is correct.
am i correct?


Hi thangvietnam ,

I don't think that would be correct, you can still check with seniors if you want.
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Re: Never before in the history of music have musical superstars been able [#permalink] New post   02 May 2021, 20:22
Two key decision points:
1. Idiom: command such > command so
2. 'do' must be parallel with command

Never before in the history of music have musical superstars been able to command so extraordinary fees of the kind they do today.


(A) so extraordinary fees of the kind they do today

(B) so extraordinary fees as they are today

(C) such extraordinary fees as they do today CORRECT

(D) such extraordinary fees of the kind today’s have

(E) so extraordinary a fee of the kind they can today
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Re: Never before in the history of music have musical superstars been able [#permalink] New post   14 Oct 2022, 05:38
Can you please give an elaborate answer for this as to how the use of such is better than so?
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Re: Never before in the history of music have musical superstars been able [#permalink] New post   12 Nov 2022, 22:59
Jyotigemini82 wrote:
Can you please give an elaborate answer for this as to how the use of such is better than so?


Dear Jyotigemini82
do not bother to much about difference between Such and So.
There several ways how to tackle.

1st is idiom usage.
So X As Y is wrong
So X As to Y is correct
Such X As Y is correct
+ So followed by Adjective because So intensify the Adj.
For instance, Often major economic shifts are so gradual as to be indistinguishable

2nd is substitution.
Do verb can substitute for the action verbs.

.... musical superstars been able to command .... such extraordinary fees as they do [command] today


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Never before in the history of music have musical superstars been able to command so extraordinary fees of the kind they do today.

(A) so extraordinary fees of the kind they do today - so followed by noun
(B) so extraordinary fees as they are today
(C) such extraordinary fees as they do today
(D) such extraordinary fees of the kind today’s have
(E) so extraordinary a fee of the kind they can today
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