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by real2008 » Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:41 am
The Emperor Augustus, it appears, commissioned an idealized sculptured portrait, the features of which are so unrealistic as to constitute what one scholar calls an “artificial face.”
(A) so unrealistic as to constitute
(B) so unrealistic they constituted
(C) so unrealistic that they have constituted
(D) unrealistic enough so that they constitute
(E) unrealistic enough so as to constitute

Why not C?
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by real2008 » Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:45 am
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by gmat740 » Thu Jul 09, 2009 4:24 am
Idiom :

So X as to Y

(A) so unrealistic as to constitute

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by real2008 » Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:36 am
gmat740 wrote:Idiom :

So X as to Y

(A) so unrealistic as to constitute

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Hi,

'so X that Y' is also correct. then whatz d problem?
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by gmat740 » Thu Jul 09, 2009 5:13 pm
Hi,

'so X that Y' is also correct. then whatz d problem?
I mean you find C correct. But C has many problems
(C) so unrealistic that they have constituted
1. "They" is unnecessary.
2. Parallelism : so X that Y : X and Y have to be parallel

X=unrealistic
Y= they have constituted

Are they Parallel?

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by dumb.doofus » Thu Jul 09, 2009 6:03 pm
real2008 wrote::( :!: :?:
How many SCs did you post on 3rd July?? :-)

Ok.. well the reason why C is incorrect is because of the use of present perfect.
When do you use a present perfect tense? We use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an unspecified time before now.

Is that what this sentence is trying to say?? Definitely not.

There's only one action that happened in the past i.e. Emperor Augustus commissioned an idealized sculptured portrait. That's it..

The features of the portrait are "STILL" unrealistic.. That is even in the present the features are unrealistic.. and that's the reason there's no point in using a present perfect (have constituted)

Hope it clarifies now.. I don't think there's anything to do with parallelism here or with "they".. they is correctly pointing to "features".. So I really don't see any issues there.. Yes, I would agree that the sentence will not make sense as it non-sensically suggests in D that the features did something.. apart from that there's no issue.
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by real2008 » Fri Jul 10, 2009 3:14 am
dumb.doofus wrote:
real2008 wrote::( :!: :?:
How many SCs did you post on 3rd July?? :-)

Ok.. well the reason why C is incorrect is because of the use of present perfect.
When do you use a present perfect tense? We use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an unspecified time before now.

Is that what this sentence is trying to say?? Definitely not.

There's only one action that happened in the past i.e. Emperor Augustus commissioned an idealized sculptured portrait. That's it..

The features of the portrait are "STILL" unrealistic.. That is even in the present the features are unrealistic.. and that's the reason there's no point in using a present perfect (have constituted)

Hope it clarifies now.. I don't think there's anything to do with parallelism here or with "they".. they is correctly pointing to "features".. So I really don't see any issues there.. Yes, I would agree that the sentence will not make sense as it non-sensically suggests in D that the features did something.. apart from that there's no issue.
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