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

Redeem

Sentence correction : Idiom problem

This topic has expert replies
Post new topic Locked
Previous Topic Next Topic
Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts
Posts: 21
Joined: Mon Feb 22, 2010 11:16 pm

Sentence correction : Idiom problem

by santoshs » Tue Dec 14, 2010 2:42 am
An array of tax incentives has led to a boom in the construction of new office buildings; so abundant has capital been for commercial real estate that investors regularly scour the country for areas in which to build.

(A) so abundant has capital been for commercial real estate that
(B) capital has been so abundant for commercial real estate, so that
(C) the abundance of capital for commercial real estate has been such,
(D) such has the abundance of capital been for commercial real estate that
(E) such has been an abundance of capital for commercial real estate,
Top
Source: — Sentence Correction |
User avatar
Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts
Posts: 55
Joined: Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:21 pm
Location: Karachi, Pakistan
Thanked: 7 times

by Salman Ghaffar » Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:50 am
"So... that.... " is correct idiomatic usage. Hence A is fine.

B repeats a "so" after the comma and is hence incorrect.

The use of "such" to show intensity is frowned upon in the GMAT. "Such" means "of a type" and is generally used to introduce examples.

Hence CDE are all wrong.

A is the answer.
Top
User avatar
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 117
Joined: Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:57 pm
Location: India
Thanked: 1 times

by YellowSapphire » Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:57 am
Yes, A is the answer.

B: ..... so ........, so that .... => is wrong. so X that Y is correct
CDE: incorrect use of such.
Yellow Sapphire
Top
Post new topic Locked
• Page 1 of 1