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03 Oct 2021, 18:20
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Hi GMATGuruNY - I see 4 different expressions among the five choices
1) a liquid's character (seen in option A)
2) the character of a liquid (seen in option B and in option D)
3) liquid characterstics (Seen in option C)
4) a liquid character (Seen in option E)
Other than 2) character of a liquid (seen in option B and in option D) -- are all the remaining three variations in the list above wrong ?
Also shouldn't B be instead : 2) the characterISTIC of a liquid NOT {the character of a liquid }
1) a liquid's character (seen in option A)
2) the character of a liquid (seen in option B and in option D)
3) liquid characterstics (Seen in option C)
4) a liquid character (Seen in option E)
Other than 2) character of a liquid (seen in option B and in option D) -- are all the remaining three variations in the list above wrong ?
Also shouldn't B be instead : 2) the characterISTIC of a liquid NOT {the character of a liquid }
04 Oct 2021, 10:00
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Saturated Quicksand
(A) Meaning / Idiom (so … as to)
(B) CORRECT
(C) Modifier (saturated with water enough)
(D) Meaning / Idiom (so as to)
(E) Meaning / Idiom (so … as to)
First glance
Three of the answer choices begin with that; consider Modifiers.
Issues
(1) Meaning / Idiom: so as to
According to the sentence, quicksand is sand that is saturated with water. Specifically, it is so significantly saturated with water that it becomes liquid-like. When using so to express that something has happened to a great degree, the correct idiom is so (adjective/adverb) that (independent clause). For example, the two sentences below are grammatically correct:
She studied so much that she got an 800 on the GMAT.
The yard was so overgrown with weeds that it took the gardeners five days to mow it.
Answer choices (A), (B), (D), and (E) use so. However, only one of them, choice (B), correctly uses the idiom so (adjective/adverb) that (independent clause). The remaining choices all inappropriately use the idiom so as to, which means in order to. This is not the intended meaning of the sentence, so eliminate choices (A), (D), and (E).
(2) Modifier: enough
The word enough can be used as either an adjective (enough pie to feed everyone) or an adverb (I ate enough for three people). When used as an adjective, enough almost always comes before the noun it modifies (saturated with enough water). When used as an adverb, enough generally appears immediately next to the verb it modifies (saturated enough with water). In this sentence, enough can logically be used as either an adjective or an adverb. However, it must appear in the correct position to serve as one of these two types of modifiers.
In answer choice (C), enough comes after water, so it cannot be an adjective, and it is not next to saturated, so it cannot be an adverb. Compare this to answer choice (D), in which enough correctly appears as an adverb next to saturated. Therefore, in answer (C), enough is not in the correct location to modify either water or saturated. Eliminate answer (C).
The Correct Answer
Correct answer (B) properly conveys the meaning with the idiom so … that. It also avoids incorrectly placing the modifier enough by not using the word at all.
(A) Meaning / Idiom (so … as to)
(B) CORRECT
(C) Modifier (saturated with water enough)
(D) Meaning / Idiom (so as to)
(E) Meaning / Idiom (so … as to)
First glance
Three of the answer choices begin with that; consider Modifiers.
Issues
(1) Meaning / Idiom: so as to
According to the sentence, quicksand is sand that is saturated with water. Specifically, it is so significantly saturated with water that it becomes liquid-like. When using so to express that something has happened to a great degree, the correct idiom is so (adjective/adverb) that (independent clause). For example, the two sentences below are grammatically correct:
She studied so much that she got an 800 on the GMAT.
The yard was so overgrown with weeds that it took the gardeners five days to mow it.
Answer choices (A), (B), (D), and (E) use so. However, only one of them, choice (B), correctly uses the idiom so (adjective/adverb) that (independent clause). The remaining choices all inappropriately use the idiom so as to, which means in order to. This is not the intended meaning of the sentence, so eliminate choices (A), (D), and (E).
(2) Modifier: enough
The word enough can be used as either an adjective (enough pie to feed everyone) or an adverb (I ate enough for three people). When used as an adjective, enough almost always comes before the noun it modifies (saturated with enough water). When used as an adverb, enough generally appears immediately next to the verb it modifies (saturated enough with water). In this sentence, enough can logically be used as either an adjective or an adverb. However, it must appear in the correct position to serve as one of these two types of modifiers.
In answer choice (C), enough comes after water, so it cannot be an adjective, and it is not next to saturated, so it cannot be an adverb. Compare this to answer choice (D), in which enough correctly appears as an adverb next to saturated. Therefore, in answer (C), enough is not in the correct location to modify either water or saturated. Eliminate answer (C).
The Correct Answer
Correct answer (B) properly conveys the meaning with the idiom so … that. It also avoids incorrectly placing the modifier enough by not using the word at all.
04 Oct 2021, 10:13
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There are several reasons to eliminate A and choose B.
so X as to Y implies that Y SEEMS TO BE TRUE.
Official examples:
Climatic shifts are so gradual as to be indistinguishable from ordinary fluctuations in the weather.
The features of the idealized sculpture portrait are so unrealistic as to constitute what one scholar calls an "artificial face."
In each case, the blue portion is something that SEEMS TO BE TRUE about the preceding subject in red.
so X that Y implies that Y ACTUALLY HAPPENS.
so X as to Y implies that Y SEEMS TO BE TRUE.
Official examples:
Climatic shifts are so gradual as to be indistinguishable from ordinary fluctuations in the weather.
The features of the idealized sculpture portrait are so unrealistic as to constitute what one scholar calls an "artificial face."
In each case, the blue portion is something that SEEMS TO BE TRUE about the preceding subject in red.
so X that Y implies that Y ACTUALLY HAPPENS.
Hi GMATGuruNY - could you give some simpler examples of the idiom : so X as to Y
Here are some I have tried but I am struggling
#1) Bezos is so Rich as to be considered the Richest of all time
Are you saying, per this sentence -- The Y marker (in pink) ONLY SEEMS to be true ? Is this inferencing, that perhaps, no one is really considering Bezos AS the richest of all time ?
#2) Sam is so embarrassed as to be considering suicide
Are you saying, per this sentence -- The Y marker (in pink) ONLY SEEMS to be true ? i.e. Sam is actually NOT considering suicide at all.
