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by prachich1987 » Sat Dec 11, 2010 10:22 am
So dogged were Frances Perkins' investigations of the garment industry, and her
lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent, Alfred E. Smith and Franklin D.
Roosevelt recruited Perkins to work within the government, rather than as a social
worker.

A. and her lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent,
B. and lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent, so that
C. her lobbying for wage and hour reform persistent, that
D. lobbying for wage and hour reform was so persistent,
E. so persistent her lobbying for wage and hour reform, that
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by shovan85 » Sat Dec 11, 2010 2:02 pm
prachich1987 wrote:So dogged were Frances Perkins' investigations of the garment industry, and her
lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent, Alfred E. Smith and Franklin D.
Roosevelt recruited Perkins to work within the government, rather than as a social
worker.

A. and her lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent,
B. and lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent, so that
C. her lobbying for wage and hour reform persistent, that
D. lobbying for wage and hour reform was so persistent,
E. so persistent her lobbying for wage and hour reform, that
The correct idiom is So X That Y.

A. and her lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent,
So X that Y idiom is violated. "That" is missing.

B. and lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent, so that
"So" is redundant.

C. her lobbying for wage and hour reform persistent, that
Lacks Parallelism. So x, So z, that Y

D. lobbying for wage and hour reform was so persistent,
So X that Y idiom is violated. "That" is missing.

E. so persistent her lobbying for wage and hour reform, that

Left with E after POE.
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by trangle » Sat Dec 11, 2010 8:13 pm
The answer should be B in my opinion because the "comma" before "so that" is a correct structure. E is wrong because there is no "comma" before "that" in a "so X that Y" idiom
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by prachich1987 » Sat Dec 11, 2010 9:09 pm
"E" is the right answer
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by frank1 » Sat Dec 11, 2010 9:17 pm
If E indeed is OA then i think this sentence must be part of some poem or informal narration of tv show....


by the way what set is it?
i think you should be very careful about learning from reputated sources only....
There are so many companies and some companies make question intensionally hard to show they are good that they forget the real thing.It is for GMAT.(which sought right among rights and precise one)

so,be careful with the source.

Just my suggestion

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by Jim@Grockit » Sun Dec 12, 2010 10:06 pm
frank1 wrote:If E indeed is OA then i think this sentence must be part of some poem or informal narration of tv show....


by the way what set is it?
i think you should be very careful about learning from reputated sources only....
There are so many companies and some companies make question intensionally hard to show they are good that they forget the real thing.It is for GMAT.(which sought right among rights and precise one)

so,be careful with the source.

Just my suggestion

thanks
This is very good advice, but it is not that exceptional to extend the "So X . . . that Y" construction with more "so". "So X and so Y that Z" is fairly common; if the sentence is indeed missing the "and" (so X, so Y, that Z), then it is a more poetic usage.
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by prachich1987 » Mon Dec 13, 2010 2:42 am
Jim@Grockit wrote:
frank1 wrote:If E indeed is OA then i think this sentence must be part of some poem or informal narration of tv show....


by the way what set is it?
i think you should be very careful about learning from reputated sources only....
There are so many companies and some companies make question intensionally hard to show they are good that they forget the real thing.It is for GMAT.(which sought right among rights and precise one)

so,be careful with the source.

Just my suggestion

thanks
This is very good advice, but it is not that exceptional to extend the "So X . . . that Y" construction with more "so". "So X and so Y that Z" is fairly common; if the sentence is indeed missing the "and" (so X, so Y, that Z), then it is a more poetic usage.
I downloaded it from some site on the internet.
But is it a wrong Q? or just of a higher level?
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by frank1 » Mon Dec 13, 2010 7:48 am
prachich1987 wrote:
Jim@Grockit wrote:
frank1 wrote:If E indeed is OA then i think this sentence must be part of some poem or informal narration of tv show....


by the way what set is it?
i think you should be very careful about learning from reputated sources only....
There are so many companies and some companies make question intensionally hard to show they are good that they forget the real thing.It is for GMAT.(which sought right among rights and precise one)

so,be careful with the source.

Just my suggestion

thanks
This is very good advice, but it is not that exceptional to extend the "So X . . . that Y" construction with more "so". "So X and so Y that Z" is fairly common; if the sentence is indeed missing the "and" (so X, so Y, that Z), then it is a more poetic usage.
I downloaded it from some site on the internet.
But is it a wrong Q? or just of a higher level?
i knew that it must be something like that

any way as Expert has suggested,it is not wrong but it is not common i guess

I dont like it as it is not parallel
So dogged were Frances Perkins’ investigations of the garment industry,so persistent her lobbying for wage and hour reform, that

whats about

So dogged were frances investigations of the garment industry,so persistent WERE her lobbying for wage and hour reform, that.....

I think gmat loves this style.
Any way just what i feel but i guess it is not madatory.
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