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What made me doubt in E was the phrase "such niche agricultural goods as". Isn't the idiom "such as"? As in "such" should be next to "as" .
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What made me doubt in E was the phrase "such niche agricultural goods as". Isn't the idiom "such as"? As in "such" should be next to "as" .
"Such x as" is also correct, and by the way, from what I have seen, GMAT question writers sometimes use "such x as" in correct answers partly because they are aware that such constructions will cause test-takers to wonder whether the correct answer is actually incorrect.
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What made me doubt in E was the phrase "such niche agricultural goods as". Isn't the idiom "such as"? As in "such" should be next to "as" .
Indeed, "such as" can be split.

p.s. Our book EducationAisle Sentence Correction Nirvana makes a special mention of this property of “that”. Have attached the corresponding section of the book, for your reference.
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What made me doubt in E was the phrase "such niche agricultural goods as". Isn't the idiom "such as"? As in "such" should be next to "as" .

Hello rrn98,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, both "noun + such as + example" and "such + noun + as + example" are correct, idiomatic constructions for introducing examples of a particular noun.

We hope this helps.
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Why is “such ... as” accepted. Shouldn’t it be “such as ...” ?
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Why is “such ... as” accepted. Shouldn’t it be “such as ...” ?
Hi abhitaurus,

When we say that such as is acceptable, it doesn't automatically mean that variations of that structure are wrong. Instead we need to learn the specific structures that are wrong. Have you read somewhere that such as can't be split up?
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