kris610 wrote:Despite the growing number of people who purchase plane tickets online, airline executives are convinced that, just as one-third of bank customers still prefer human tellers to automatic teller machines, many travelers will still use travel agents

A. growing number of people who purchase plane tickets online, airline executives are convinced that, just as one-third of bank customers still prefer human tellers to automatic teller machines, many travelers will

B. growing number of people who purchase plane tickets online, airline executives are convinced, just as one-third of bank customers still prefer human tellers to automatic teller machines, that many travelers would

C. growing number of people purchasing plane tickets online, airline executives are convinced, just as one-third of bank customers still prefer human tellers as compared to automatic teller machines, many travelers will

D. fact that the number of people purchasing plane tickets online is growing, airline executives are convinced, just as one-third of bank customers still prefer human tellers as compared to automatic teller machines, that many travelers would

E. fact that the number of people who purchase plane tickets online are growing, airline executives are convinced that, just as one-third of bank customers still prefer human tellers compared with automatic teller machines, many travelers would

OA: A

My question is:

Isn't the right idiom "Just as... so...."? What am I missing here?

Any pointers to this particular issue are greatly appreicated!

kris610 wrote: My question is:

Isn't the right idiom "Just as... so...."? What am I missing here?

Any pointers to this particular issue are greatly appreicated!

EducationAisle wrote:

kris610 wrote: My question is:

Isn't the right idiom "Just as... so...."? What am I missing here?

Any pointers to this particular issue are greatly appreicated!

This particular issue is a non-issue here, simply because none of the options uses the structure you've suggested. While at the face of it, this might sound as if I am trivializing your concern, but this is something you must be comfortable with: you have to select one of the given answer choices.

GMATGuruNY wrote:

EducationAisle wrote:

kris610 wrote: My question is:

Isn't the right idiom "Just as... so...."? What am I missing here?

Any pointers to this particular issue are greatly appreicated!

This particular issue is a non-issue here, simply because none of the options uses the structure you've suggested. While at the face of it, this might sound as if I am trivializing your concern, but this is something you must be comfortable with: you have to select one of the given answer choices.

I second this. One of the reasons to examine the answer choices VERTICALLY is to determine what is being tested. Since no answer choice includes SO, the idiom just as X, so Y is not an issue here.

There is a reason that SO is omitted in the SC above. The adverbial modifier (just as...machines) is set off by commas; the implication is that this modifier is NON-ESSENTIAL and can be removed without altering the basic meaning of the sentence. Without the adverbial modifier, the basic sentence is as follows:

Despite the growing number of people who purchase plane tickets online, airline executives are convinced that many travelers will still use travel agents.

We can see that the word SO is not needed.

killer1387 wrote:

GMATGuruNY wrote:

EducationAisle wrote:

kris610 wrote: My question is:

Isn't the right idiom "Just as... so...."? What am I missing here?

Any pointers to this particular issue are greatly appreicated!

This particular issue is a non-issue here, simply because none of the options uses the structure you've suggested. While at the face of it, this might sound as if I am trivializing your concern, but this is something you must be comfortable with: you have to select one of the given answer choices.

I second this. One of the reasons to examine the answer choices VERTICALLY is to determine what is being tested. Since no answer choice includes SO, the idiom just as X, so Y is not an issue here.

There is a reason that SO is omitted in the SC above. The adverbial modifier (just as...machines) is set off by commas; the implication is that this modifier is NON-ESSENTIAL and can be removed without altering the basic meaning of the sentence. Without the adverbial modifier, the basic sentence is as follows:

Despite the growing number of people who purchase plane tickets online, airline executives are convinced that many travelers will still use travel agents.

We can see that the word SO is not needed.

Hey,

Does that mean " if the main sentence has Just as ..." then its essential for the "so...." part to exist for the sentence to stand in GMAT Land?

thnx