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A facsimile of Van Gogh's Starry Night was so accurately 11 May 2011, 22:12
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A facsimile of Van Gogh's Starry Night was so accurately produced that even a group of experienced art appraisers could not distinguish it from the original.

A. A facsimile of Van Gogh's Starry Night was so accurately produced that
B. So accurately produced was a facsimile of Van Gogh's Starry Night
C. It was so accurate that a facsimile of Van Gogh's Starry was produced
D. A facsimile of Van Gogh's Starry Night that was so accurately produced
E. Produced so accurately was a facsimile of Van Gogh's Starry Night that











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How to understand this problem is about the equivalent element problem? I chose D.
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A facsimile of Van Gogh's Starry Night was so accurately 11 May 2011, 22:16
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IMO A
correct idiom usage - so .... that
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A facsimile of Van Gogh's Starry Night was so accurately 11 May 2011, 22:34
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Idiom used so ..that

A fits the bill.
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A facsimile of Van Gogh's Starry Night was so accurately 09 Nov 2011, 05:10
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A it is

It is the most clear and concise option and the idiom usage is correct i.e " so ..........that"
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[quote="yvonne0923"]A facsimile of Van Gogh's Starry Night was so accurately produced that even a group of experienced art appraisers could not distinguish it from the original.

A. A facsimile of Van Gogh's Starry Night was so accurately produced that
B. So accurately produced was a facsimile of Van Gogh's Starry Night that
C. It was so accurate that a facsimile of Van Gogh's Starry was produced
D. A facsimile of Van Gogh's Starry Night that was so accurately produced
E. Produced so accurately was a facsimile of Van Gogh's Starry Night that

+1 for A

Is B Grammatically/GMATically correct if we append 'that'
Is E Grammatically correct ?
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there is a similar question in old og book.

E is wrong because gmat dose not like inverted order in 2 clauses sentence.

I am uneasy with E.
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