BREAKING: Target Test Prep releases Brand New 2026 On Demand GMAT prep course

Redeem
TTP OnDemand GMAT Video Course
Featured Course

Target Test Prep GMAT OnDemand

Scott Woodbury-Stewart’s private virtual classroom — 400 hours of master-class video lessons for the GMAT Focus Edition.

  • 715+ score guarantee — highest in the industry (99th percentile)
  • 52 chapters · 1,500+ lessons · 4,000+ practice questions
  • 400 hours of video · 1,500+ instructor-led HD smartboard lessons
  • 300,000+ students accepted to Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Booth & Sloan & more
  • 24/7 live support + weekly Zoom office hours with GMAT instructors
  • TTP AI Assist — 24/7 AI-powered virtual tutor for instant help
  • 1,200+ flashcards + AI-powered study assistant & daily calendar
  • OnDemand, LiveTeach & GMAT Bootcamp formats available
  • Also: GRE, SAT Math & Executive Assessment courses
  • MBA Admissions Consulting now available
  • 🏆 2025 EdTech Breakthrough Award: Test Prep Solution Provider of the Year
  • 200,000+ students served
  • 5-day free trial — $0 to start, no auto-billing, cancel anytime
★★★★★ 5.0 (559 reviews)
130-pt guarantee
$0 to start then $127/mo
Start Free 5-Day Trial Read 559 Reviews →

So Many challenges at once as they had in .. .

Expert replies
Post new topic Locked
Previous Topic Next Topic
Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts
Posts: 39
Joined: Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:22 pm
Thanked: 1 times
by bharath2787 » Thu Aug 22, 2013 3:16 am
Never before had the musicians faced so many challenges at once as they had in playing Schubert's Trout Variations.

A. so many challenges at once as they had in
B. at once as many challenges as
C. at once as many challenges that they were when
D. as many challenges at once as they confronted in
E. so many challenges at once that confronted them in

What is Wrong with A. OA is D
Bharath
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
Source: — Sentence Correction |
User avatar
Legendary Member
Posts: 643
Joined: Wed Aug 14, 2013 4:27 amFollowed by: 7 members
Thanked: 48 times

by vinay1983 » Thu Aug 22, 2013 6:35 am
I feel somewhere we have to speak about confrontation, since we are speaking about challenges.So narrow down to D and E. E is too wordy and ambiguos, hence i chose option D.

Also look for splits 3/2 splits. One can at least eliminate 2 option or 3 options.
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
User avatar
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 358
Joined: Thu Apr 18, 2013 9:46 amFollowed by: 7 members
Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Thanked: 42 times
GMAT Score:730

by faraz_jeddah » Thu Aug 22, 2013 6:42 am
bharath2787 wrote:
What is Wrong with A. OA is D
The correct idioms are "so..that" and "so..as to"
A good question also deserves a Thanks.

Messenger Boy: The Thesselonian you're fighting... he's the biggest man i've ever seen. I wouldn't want to fight him.
Achilles: That's why no-one will remember your name.
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts
Posts: 39
Joined: Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:22 pm
Thanked: 1 times

by bharath2787 » Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:17 am
Thanks guys!..

but Doesn't " Never so much as" work in the same way as "Not so much as" ??.

indeed Never so much as is also used in English. what is wrong with A?
Bharath
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
Legendary Member
Posts: 544
Joined: Mon Dec 27, 2010 8:10 amFollowed by: 2 members
Thanked: 45 times

by sameerballani » Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:59 am
Issues with A -
1) The idiom is So X that Y. "That" is missing
2) Had is already present in the non-underlined part, this means we need a action in PAST TENSE which happened after the event denoted using HAD.
Meaning of sentence: while playing playing Schubert's Trout Variations, musicians FACED so many challenges that they HAD never FACED in the past.

So basically a second HAD coming in the underlined part is wrong. It should be a past tense which is correctly denoted by CONFRONTED in option D.

I hope this helps !!
bharath2787 wrote:Never before had the musicians faced so many challenges at once as they had in playing Schubert's Trout Variations.

A. so many challenges at once as they had in
D. as many challenges at once as they confronted in


What is Wrong with A. OA is D
If my post was helpful, then please click "Thank".
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
Post new topic Locked
• Page 1 of 1