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by vishugogo » Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:02 pm
The correct idiom is so X as to Y.

In this sentence above "so as to" means "in order to"....this replacement is again incorrect.
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by Matt@VeritasPrep » Sat Jul 13, 2013 9:50 am
This is correct, at least in GMAT English: on the GMAT, you want something of the form "So ADJECTIVE as to VERB" - for instance, "These rules are so arbitrary as to drive test takers crazy".

The "incorrect" form given in the original post is kosher in most dictionaries, though:
https://dictionary.reference.com/browse/so+as+to
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/so+as+to

and you can find it used this way in all sorts of respected books and journals, from Dickens to the New Yorker.
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