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Geetha hathikal

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Sep 9, 2011, 1:57:11 PM9/9/11
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The Emperor Augustus, it appears, commissioned an idealized sculpture portrait, the features of which are
so unrealistic as to constitute what one scholar calls an "artificial face."
(A) so unrealistic as to constitute
(B) so unrealistic they constituted
(C) so unrealistic that they have constituted
(D) unrealistic enough so that they constitute
(E) unrealistic enough so as to constitute

Kripa Tewari

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Sep 9, 2011, 2:05:44 PM9/9/11
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is A THE ANSWER.
 


 
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Geetha hathikal

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Sep 9, 2011, 2:07:15 PM9/9/11
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how A??

Isnt So.. as wrong usage?

vandna bhalla

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Sep 9, 2011, 2:10:02 PM9/9/11
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So as -- is wrong
So <<adjective>> as -- is correct usage
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Sep 9, 2011, 2:13:17 PM9/9/11
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A should be right answer.

"So as" is wrong usage, but "so ... As" is right usage.


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From: Geetha hathikal <geetha....@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 10:57:11 -0700
Subject: SC
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Kripa Tewari

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Sep 9, 2011, 2:20:47 PM9/9/11
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Thanks for confirming my understanding Amith.
 
Geetha here is how i reached on A..
 
E is wrong because so as can't come together as Amith has also used..
So adj/adverb as can be used for negative or positive comparesion.. also so X as to Y is right phrase..so I will keep A.
B is wrong -- becuase so unrealistic ... is wrong
C so that is correctly used but issue is with tense.. usage of perfect tense will question the time cronology.. hence wrong
D -- change in meaning or awkward also A is better choice than D.
 
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Sep 9, 2011, 2:26:11 PM9/9/11
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People call me "Amit" and not "Amith" ... I love it the right way :)

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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 23:50:47 +0530
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Kripa Tewari

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Sep 9, 2011, 2:27:41 PM9/9/11
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so sorry Amit.. will not do the err again. this mistake is added in error log along with SC mistakes :).
 
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Kripa

Kevin Mascarenhas

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Sep 9, 2011, 2:44:52 PM9/9/11
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Just to go faster to think that answer A could be right.
 
So <Adjective> As - is generally used when there is negative comparison.  Eg: She is NOT so beautiful as Latha.
Here  Unrealistic is kind of a negative comparison.
 
And as many already mentioned, So As together is incorrect usage.
 
So A is the answer.
 
 
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Millie

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Sep 12, 2011, 6:31:48 AM9/12/11
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According to a 1996 survey by the National Association of College and
University
Business Officers, more than three times as many independent
institutions of higher
education charge tuition and fees of under $8,000 a year *than those
that charge* over
$16,000.

A. than those that charge
B. than are charging
C. than to charge
D. as charge
E. as those charging



Murali Killi

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Sep 12, 2011, 10:39:27 AM9/12/11
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Ok..here we go...
 
A B and C are out as the idiom is "As many X as Y"
 
Now between D and E.
 
the "Y" (in the above specified idiom) is missing in D.
 
This is a GMAT kind of trap of having a verb "Charge" in D that looks parallel to the verb "Chanrge" in the original sentence. But D is wrong due to the improper parallelism...
 
E: Correct answer.
As many institutions <of a kind> as those (institutions) <of a different kind>....
 
Is OA "E".
 
I think option D (the wrong one) makes the question a 650-700 level quietion.
What say what you...
 
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Murali.

Kripa Tewari

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Sep 12, 2011, 12:29:51 PM9/12/11
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E looks correct.
 
AS MANY X AS Y .. D is wrong as X ( Independent institutions ..) compared with Y( change - verb). E is best available as those - demonstrative pronoun refers to new copy of instittions charging $16 K n above.
 
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