1000SC Qn:528

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1000SC Qn:528

by vikrantr93 » Mon May 30, 2011 4:59 am
Never before in the history of music have musical superstars been able to command so extraordinary fees of the kind they do today.

(A) so extraordinary fees of the kind they do today
(B) so extraordinary fees as they are today
(C) such extraordinary fees as they do today
(D) such extraordinary fees of the kind today's have
(E) so extraordinary a fee of the kind they can today

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by sameerballani » Mon May 30, 2011 5:28 am
IMO C

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by Frankenstein » Mon May 30, 2011 5:29 am
Hi,
IMO Ans: C
such modifies fees, which is extraordinary.
such.. as.. is idiomatically correct.

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by cans » Mon May 30, 2011 5:37 am
IMO C

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by vikrantr93 » Mon May 30, 2011 7:51 am
I verified and [spoiler]OA: C[/spoiler]

Can someone explain whether "so... as" is correct idiom on gmat?

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by aspirant2011 » Mon May 30, 2011 8:55 am
vikrantr93 wrote:I verified and [spoiler]OA: C[/spoiler]

Can someone explain whether "so... as" is correct idiom on gmat?
option C is correct because we require an action verb in order to make the sentence logical and option c uses "do" which is acting as a action verb

correct idiom is "so x [adjective] as to y"