inventory

[vaibhav.iit2002]

111. An inventory equal to 90 days sales is as much as even the strongest businesses carry, and then only as a way to anticipate higher prices or ensure against shortages.
(A) as much as even
(B) so much as even
(C) even so much as
(D) even as much that
(E) even so much that


[spoiler]A or B? I don't have OA.[/spoiler]

[GMATBootcamp]

The answer should be A.

"as much as" is the correct idiom.

@vaibhav.iit2002, how is your sentence correction coming along? are you planning on taking the exam soon?

[vaibhav.iit2002]

The answer should be A.

"as much as" is the correct idiom.

@vaibhav.iit2002, how is your sentence correction coming along? are you planning on taking the exam soon?

Thanks.
I think "so much as" is also correct idiom but is used in negative sense.
Dont know why I am unable to figure out whether the use of idiom should be positive or negative here.
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