Another goodie from the archives In the Renaissance,

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Another goodie from the archives :-D 

In the Renaissance, painters  were so impressed with Leonardo da Vinci that they ignored  their own training and designate as a masterpiece anything he painted. 

(A) were so impressed with Leonardo da Vinci that they ignored 
(B) were impressed with Leonardo da Vinci to such an extent that they were to ignore 
(C) were so impressed with Leonardo da Vinci as to ignore 
(D) were so impressed with Leonardo da Vinci that they had to ignore 
(E) were as impressed with Leonardo da Vinci as to ignore

celiaXDN · Answer

My money is on C
so...as to

There is another problem with A, designate is in present tense while others are in past tense.

SunShine · Answer

I find nothing wrong with A.

so.....that....



What is OA?

jinesh · Answer

I go for "C" 

so.....as to...correct idiom

+ it is simple , short / concise

wats the OA ?

vivek123 · Answer

"C" for me too. "D" is very tempting due to its flow of "so...that"

gmat_crack · Answer

I'll go with A, as it is related to cause/effec.

Sentence is not trying to compare something.

giddi77 · Answer

Good one MATT! I was confused at to why there is "designate" in the original sentence insetad of "designated". I thought MATT didn't copy this one correctly :wink:

C makes sense.

andy_gr8 · Answer

C for me...

In the Renaissance, painters were so impressed with Leonardo da Vinci that they ignored their own training and designate as a masterpiece anything he painted. 

(A) were so impressed with Leonardo da Vinci that they ignored 
 Not parallel.. they ignored....designate as a masterpiece 
(B) were impressed with Leonardo da Vinci to such an extent that they were to ignore 
 were to....sounds awkward 
(C) were so impressed with Leonardo da Vinci as to ignore 
 Parallel and COrrect 
(D) were so impressed with Leonardo da Vinci that they had to ignore 
 No need of perfect tense here. 
(E) were as impressed with Leonardo da Vinci as to ignore
 so impressed is right IDIOM

old_dream_1976 · Answer

Bhai, 


note the present tense of 'designate' 'ignore' maintains || ism. 

hence C 

But I still do not understand when one should use 

so X that 

and 

so X as to (here the emphasis is on the consequence but so is the case in the other format). 

Any one wanna comment?

5elements · Answer

My pick : C

For almost the same reasons as andy_gr8, except that I eliminated "B" for being too wordy

TeHCM · Answer

Old Dream, Here is a link to another question that tested these two idioms. https://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic ... 548#166548 These two idioms are indeed very confusing. Idiom: So X...that...Y.... Here, the phrase after Y introduces a subordinate clause that modifies X. E.g. Schistosomiasis is so debilitating that it has become an economic drain The part in blue obviously modifies schistosomiasis. Idiom: So X..as to (be) Y Here, this is used when the characteristic of X is so extreme in the particular case that Y results. E.g. Bob is so tall as to reach the top shelf In this question, I felt that the painters were so impressed as to ignore , thus C

GMATT73 · Answer

Yes, as TeHCM so cleverly pointed out, the OA is C.

Expect to be tested on this idiom gang! Memorize it :!:

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