akhp77, yes, your example works. I wouldn't say that the Y is "features" though.
The features are so unrealistic as to constitute an artificial face.
The features are unrealistic.
The features constitute an artificial face.
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I agree with kvcpk...I too chose B and have the same querieskvcpk wrote:I chose B because "they" in option D is ambiguous.. Can you please let me know why D is the rite option?Stacey Koprince wrote:Received a PM asking me to reply. I don't see a source listed above; please cite the source and I will be happy to reply!
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Make sure to read back through all of the posts. From my original post: The sentence below mimics choice D in the original. The "they" is okay because the students are the ones receiving both actions - getting less homework, getting more time for recess.
Or:
The school district is debating a bill requiring certain teachers to provide certain students with less homework so that they can have more time for recess.
"so that" indicates some action or something done for a certain purpose. eg: I study so that I can get a good grade.
the "purpose" is "they can have more time for recess."
the action to achieve that purpose is "less homework."
If less homework, then more time for recess.
Who's getting less homework? The students or the teachers? Whoever's getting less homework is the same one getting more time for recess.
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I think the correct answer is D.
As we all have already discussed that no other option than D is making any sense here.
So we need to select the best possible answer among the given choices and in that case D is the chosen one.
As we all have already discussed that no other option than D is making any sense here.
So we need to select the best possible answer among the given choices and in that case D is the chosen one.
Hi Stacey,What do you mean by "Y" is features though?Stacey Koprince wrote:akhp77, yes, your example works. I wouldn't say that the Y is "features" though.
The features are so unrealistic as to constitute an artificial face.
The features are unrealistic.
The features constitute an artificial face.
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Y is NOT features. The idiom is:
The features are so X as to Y.
features is the subject. The X and the Y are two things that should apply equally to the subject, features. That's why I typed:
The features are unrealistic. (The features are X.)
The features constitute an artificial face. (The features constitute Y.)
See how both apply to features?
The features are so X as to Y.
features is the subject. The X and the Y are two things that should apply equally to the subject, features. That's why I typed:
The features are unrealistic. (The features are X.)
The features constitute an artificial face. (The features constitute Y.)
See how both apply to features?
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