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A repertoire of 10,000 songs

by gmatdriller » Thu Aug 05, 2010 3:33 am
A repertoire of 10,000 songs is as much as even the sharpest musician can remember, and the number is even less for the particularly complex compositions of the early twentieth century.

A...
B. even so much as
C. so much as even
D. even as much that
E. even so much for

How does the repertoire of 10,000 songs compare to how much the musician can remember?
Someone explain please...

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by kvcpk » Thu Aug 05, 2010 3:46 am
Is the OA A?
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by reply2spg » Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:33 am
IMO A here.

All others have idiom issue
gmatdriller wrote:A repertoire of 10,000 songs is as much as even the sharpest musician can remember, and the number is even less for the particularly complex compositions of the early twentieth century.

A...
B. even so much as
C. so much as even
D. even as much that
E. even so much for

How does the repertoire of 10,000 songs compare to how much the musician can remember?
Someone explain please...

OA will follow.
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by gmatdriller » Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:55 pm
I went with C; what's wrong with that choice?
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by kvcpk » Sat Aug 07, 2010 7:12 am
gmatdriller wrote:I went with C; what's wrong with that choice?
Right idiom is
So X as to Y OR
So X as to be Y

C misses this. Hope this helps!!
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by zaaash » Sat Aug 07, 2010 12:44 pm
gmatdriller wrote:I went with C; what's wrong with that choice?
'so much as' is idiomatic but should not be used to quantify nouns
'so much as' usages
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/so+much+as
1. but rather - I'm not looking at her so much as I am studying her hat.
2. even - From outside, no one could see so much as a light on in the house.

'as much as' is correctly used here to quantify the noun

Interestingly in GMAT 'so much as' is almost always incorrect.

Likely correct '..so..' combinations:
'...so...that...'
'...so much as to be...'
'just as... ,so...'
'not so much... as...'
'so ...as to be...'
'so ...as not to be...'
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by kvcpk » Sat Aug 07, 2010 12:58 pm
zaaash wrote:
gmatdriller wrote:I went with C; what's wrong with that choice?
'so much as' is idiomatic but should not be used to quantify nouns
'so much as' usages
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/so+much+as
1. but rather - I'm not looking at her so much as I am studying her hat.
2. even - From outside, no one could see so much as a light on in the house.

'as much as' is correctly used here to quantify the noun

Interestingly in GMAT 'so much as' is almost always incorrect.

Likely correct '..so..' combinations:
'...so...that...'
'...so much as to be...'
'just as... ,so...'
'not so much... as...'
'so ...as to be...'
'so ...as not to be...'
Good Explanation!!
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