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by cramya » Sun May 03, 2009 4:45 pm
The particular design of muscles and bones in the neck and limbs of the turtle allow that it can draw in its exposed parts such that an attacker can find nothing but hard shell to bite.

A. allow that it can draw in its exposed parts such that
B. allow it to draw in its exposed parts, and so
C. allows for it to draw in its exposed parts and that
D. allows that it can draw in its exposed parts, and so
E. allows it to draw in its exposed parts, so that


Source: Another gmat forum

OA is given as D which is incorrect.

There is a divided opinion between C and E


Can one of the experts please provide their thoughts?
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Re: Turtle makes ur head spin Controversial OA and Q

by Vemuri » Sun May 03, 2009 6:42 pm
I am no expert, but I remember reading somewhere that the proper use of the idiom "so...that" is to place the "so" next to the word that needs to be intensified. This might be a reason for E not to be correct.
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by cramya » Sun May 03, 2009 6:45 pm
Thanks Vemuri.

I went for C

Idiom: allows for (design allows for I think is idiomatic)


U r correct so (adjective) that is ok but not sure on so that

The slightly awkward thing about c is "and that" at the end.

I wish one of the experts can shed light on this usage in the example above.
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by rahulg83 » Sun May 03, 2009 7:01 pm
I am more inclined towards E, although so that is not correctly used..
C is looking awkward when compared to E
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by raunekk » Sun May 03, 2009 10:59 pm
i will go for E...

i feel C has parallelism problem


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by typhoonguywlblwu » Mon May 04, 2009 12:36 pm
IMO it is e.

C is out because it is awkward.The particular design ------of turtle allows for it

therefore E is the best answer.The particular design ------of turtle allows it to draw its exposed parts,so that an attacker finds...
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by dumb.doofus » Mon May 04, 2009 8:14 pm
This one's a toughie.. experts please pitch in..
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Re: Turtle makes ur head spin Controversial OA and Q

by mharv » Tue May 05, 2009 10:27 pm
Vemuri wrote:I am no expert, but I remember reading somewhere that the proper use of the idiom "so...that" is to place the "so" next to the word that needs to be intensified. This might be a reason for E not to be correct.
Thanks for that and you are correct, I checked up on one of the forums, it is so so X that Y.

Answer is C or D, since thanks to Vemuri E is wrong.

IMO, this sentence requires you to understand meaning (many GMAT questions do not)

Draw in exposed parts means that only the shell remains, the limbs are hidden

and that the attacker finds just the hard shell.

So the sentence makes sense if you go with C
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Re: Turtle makes ur head spin Controversial OA and Q

by apple100 » Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:19 pm
mharv wrote:
Vemuri wrote:I am no expert, but I remember reading somewhere that the proper use of the idiom "so...that" is to place the "so" next to the word that needs to be intensified. This might be a reason for E not to be correct.
Thanks for that and you are correct, I checked up on one of the forums, it is so so X that Y.

Answer is C or D, since thanks to Vemuri E is wrong.

IMO, this sentence requires you to understand meaning (many GMAT questions do not)

Draw in exposed parts means that only the shell remains, the limbs are hidden

and that the attacker finds just the hard shell.

So the sentence makes sense if you go with C
IMO E. Whats the OA?
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by neha.singh » Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:00 am
I think E is the best Option.
D cannot be the answer as allow that is not idiomatic.
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by pratikgandhi » Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:35 am
The particular design of muscles and bones in the neck and limbs of the turtle allow that it can draw in its exposed parts such that an attacker can find nothing but hard shell to bite.

A. allow that it can draw in its exposed parts such that
B. allow it to draw in its exposed parts, and so

A and B are wrong because "The particular design" would take singular verb.

C. allows for it to draw in its exposed parts and that

"and that" is unidiomatic

D. allows that it can draw in its exposed parts, and so
E. allows it to draw in its exposed parts,
so that


Although "allows it to" seems good in E, "So that" is unidiomatic and hence the only option left is D.
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by gmat740 » Sun Aug 09, 2009 1:06 am
I came across this question I have my views regarding C & E.
C. allows for it to draw in its exposed parts and that



I find the bold phrase awkward.
E. allows it to draw in its exposed parts, so that
The only reason to eliminate E I found was the word SO THAT

Well, here is my take. So that is not always wrong. I googled the word and found the meaning as
“So that” is used as a subordinate clause to show purpose or to give an explanation

Just as BEING is not always incorrect, similarly so that is not always incorrect.

Given the context of the sentence, I find SO THAT fits perfectly here.

I would appreciate other's opinion.

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by arorag » Sun Aug 09, 2009 6:43 am
I went for E.....even though not comfortable with so that.... here one explanation
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by maihuna » Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:36 pm
Any expert to make E more applicable.
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by mehravikas » Mon Jan 04, 2010 7:40 pm
IMO - C has a problem.

The design of....allows for.

The design allows the turtle or the design allows for the turtle??
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