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by tpr-becky » Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:42 pm
The only place I have seen so ... as in in adj/adv of degree - the movie was so slow as to be boring (but this is often an awkward phrasing and I honestly haven't seen it on the GMAT.)

You use so... that when the phrase after that is the purpose - the baby cried so that he would be picked up vs. the baby cried so his mother picked him up.

Such as is used to indicate an example - like is used to introduce a comparison


such is used to indicate degree - this was such a good conversation - you add that when you want to add another phrase to it - this was such a good conversation that I want to talk with you again.

These are a bit simplistic - if you have some specific examples I would be glad to look into them further.
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by Stacey Koprince » Wed Apr 28, 2010 7:58 am
Received a PM asking me to reply. Becky gives great explanations / examples above already, so I'll just ask: do you have any more questions about these?
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