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by GmatKiss » Sat May 12, 2012 11:21 am
Goethe's talents as a poet, painter and dramatist were so diverse they inspired his many fans to refer to him as the "giant of Weimar".

a)so diverse they inspired

b)so diverse as to inspire

c)as diverse as those which inspired

d)diverse enough so as to inspire

e)as diverse as to inspire
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by ice_rush » Sat May 12, 2012 11:44 am
i'd go with (B) on this one.

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by GmatKiss » Sat May 12, 2012 11:47 am
ice_rush wrote:i'd go with (B) on this one.
Can you explain your pick pls

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by ice_rush » Sat May 12, 2012 12:11 pm
a)so diverse they inspired

b)so diverse as to inspire --- correct

c)as diverse as those which inspired

d)diverse enough so as to inspire --- Plus wrong usage of the idiom so X as to Y

e)as diverse as to inspire -- we are not making a comparison here. As divers as is wrong.


Hope this helps!

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by confuse mind » Sat May 12, 2012 8:42 pm
ice_rush wrote:a)so diverse they inspired

b)so diverse as to inspire --- correct

c)as diverse as those which inspired

d)diverse enough so as to inspire --- Plus wrong usage of the idiom so X as to Y

e)as diverse as to inspire -- we are not making a comparison here. As divers as is wrong.


Hope this helps!

Howcome A is wrong?
they seems correct in this...I feel only issue is - so diverse that they inspired

Am I wrong here?

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by jordan23 » Sat May 12, 2012 11:10 pm
IMO B
So X as to ... correct construction.

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