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so [adj] as to [verb]
In the middle ages philisophers were so devoted to Aristotle as to neglect tthe evidence of their wun senses and accepted whatever he wrote. That is wrong with so [adjective] as to [verb] .. IMO thats an accepted idiom.. any explanations ?? Another example : Global warming is becoming so extreme as ...
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Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:35 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: so [adj] as to [verb]
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Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:43 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Kaplan verbal wbook question - what exactly is wrong in A?
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"recently" can be used only as an adverb and there is no verb or adjective to be modified by "recently" in "many attacks". Choice B correctly uses recently to modify "been attacked" .. The error in A is grave enough to allow a different answer choice to fix it...
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Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:41 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Kaplan verbal wbook question - what exactly is wrong in A?
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Kaplan verbal wbook question - what exactly is wrong in A?
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, a test developed in the 1930s to assess character, attitudes, and behaviour, is finally being revised, after many attacks recently as dated and culturally biased. A ... B. has recently been attacked as dated and culturally biased and is finally being ...
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Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:11 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Kaplan verbal wbook question - what exactly is wrong in A?
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