usage of such as

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usage of such as

by AnjaliOberoi » Sat Jan 04, 2014 3:36 am
A Harvard anthropologist has proposed that using fire to cook food could be dated back to almost
two million years and that it could explain hominid features like
having a large brain and small
teeth.
A. using fire to cook food could be dated back to almost two million years and that it could explain
hominid features like having
B. the use of fire to cook food could date back almost two million years and could explain such
hominid features as
C. cooking food with fire could date back to almost two million years, explaining hominid features
like
D. fire used to cook food could date back almost two million years, explaining hominid features
such as having
E. fire used for cooking food could be dated back to almost two million years and explain hominid
features like

My Answer is correct , OA is B but just want to know whether "such as" can be used as shown in option B i.e SUCH .... AS
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by PerfectScores » Sat Jan 04, 2014 5:28 am
Yes, 'such as' can be used in this way. Remember that 'such as' is used to cite examples. There can be a number of words between 'such' and 'as'. However, the idiom itself is correct.

For example: I like to meet such intelligent people as Bryan.
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by theCodeToGMAT » Sat Jan 04, 2014 10:21 am
Yes, there are two idioms:
1. ... such as ...
2. ... such ..... as......
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