Spanish poet Juan Ramon Jimenez, who won the Nobel Prize for Literatur

so..that
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the original sentence needs "was"

D should be the correct answer.

Spanish poet Juan Ramon Jimenez, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1956, so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections, he destroyed every copy he could find.


Spanish poet Juan Ramon Jimenez,modifier, was(verb) so.....that,he destroyed every copy he could find.

D

D.

D. was so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections that he destroyed

So............ that..............

Simply D.

Spanish poet Juan Ramon Jimenez [strike][who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1956][/strike] was - verb is reauired after the subject.

D is the only seems to fit.

was so.......that.....

Stright D for the reason mentioned by Pkit

Two very easy decision points to get a correct answer.
First is to add an auxiliary verb to the original sentence and second is the usage of idiom consider X as Y
D) is the correct answer as it adds the correct auxiliary verb "was" and the correct idiom "considered the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections"

Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1956, so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections, he destroyed every copy he could find.

A. so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections, he destroyed
B. and was so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered as the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections that he destroyed
C. in his later years he was so embarrassed by what he considered as the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections, destroying
D. was so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections that he destroyed
E. because he was so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered as the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections, destroying

Let me try.
Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1956, so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections, he destroyed every copy he could find.

Original sentence lacks verb and therefore is a run-on sentence. (Subject is Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez)
So embarrassed should be followed by that (So embarrassed that...)

A. so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections, he destroyed
B. and was so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered as the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections that he destroyed
first part is not an independent clause so and cannot go here
C. in his later years he was so embarrassed by what he considered as the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections, destroying
he unnecessarily repeats the subject.
D. was so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections that he destroyed
FINE
E. because he was so embarrassed in his later years by what he considered as the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections, destroying
Sentence lacks main clause. Destroying is used incorrectly.

Great explanation! All clear - thank you!

Tried filtering 700 level questions and bumped up to this question. Can any one tell me the source of this question please?

Thanks in advance...

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I think the source is GMAT Pill.

Thanks Bunuel for your quick response. Appreciate it...

Correct Option D

Sentence exam on :
1. Idiom : So X that Y
2. Parallelism : Embarrassed || Considered || Destroyed
3. "Considered" word stands alone.
4. SV Agreement with word "was" to be in sequence with tense.

(A) so embarrassed in his later years by what
he considered the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections,
he destroyed
Flaw :
- Idiom Error - So X that Y
- SV Agreement error "was" missing.

(B) and was so embarrassed in his later years by what
he considered as the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections that
he destroyed
Flaw :
- and Conjunction error
- "considered" word stands alone, with "as" is grammatical incorrect.

(C) in his later year he was so embarrassed by what
he considered as the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections,
destroying
Flaw :
- Idiom Error - So X that Y
- "considered" word stands alone, with "as" is grammatical incorrect.
- "in his later year" phrase is unwanted, makes it wordy
- Parallelism flaw
- Pronoun "He" and "His" ambiguity

(D) was so embarrassed in his later years by what
he considered the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections that
he destroyed
Correct
- correct idiom
- Parallelism maintained
- verb "was" present
- considered stand alone

(E) because he was so embarrassed in his later years by what
he considered as the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections,
destroying
Flaw :
- Idiom error
- Parallelism not maintained
- "Considered" word stand alone, with "as" it's a flaw.

why no one thinks that (d)"that" is so wired

Hello Reevesbaby,

We hope this finds you well.

Having gone through the question and your query, we believe we can help resolve your doubt.

Here, the use of "that" is part of the idiomatic construction "so A that B", wherein A is a cause and B is its effect. Here, the cause is that the poet was "embarrassed in his later years by what he considered the excessive sentiment in the poems in his first two collections" and the cause is "he destroyed every copy he could find"; because the poet was embarrassed by something in the poems of his first two collections, he destroyed every copy of them that he could find.

We hope this helps.
All the best!
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