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by crackgmat007 » Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:52 pm
Since 1975 so many people have been moving to Utah such that Mormons who were once 75 percent of the population are now only accounting for half of it.
A. so many people have been moving to Utah such that Mormons who were once 75 percent of the population are now only accounting for half of it
B. many people have been moving to Utah, so Mormons once 75 percent of the population are now accounting for only half
C. that many people have been moving to Utah, such that the Mormons that were once 75 percent of the population are now accounting for only half of it
D. many people have been moving to Utah such that the Mormons, who once represented 75 percent of the population, now only account for half
E. so many people have been moving to Utah that the Mormons, who once represented 75 percent of the population, now account for only half

OA - E Pls explain

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by dendude » Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:20 am
The idiom construct is, so X that Y
Technically only E qualifies.

D comes close too (although without the use of the idiom construct), but the movement of the word only alters the meaning of the sentence.
It seems to suggest that the sole purpose of the Mormons is to "only" account for half of the population, which is incorrect in terms of the context of the q.

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by darwin » Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:40 pm
Also, I have question about "account for only half". That doesn't sound right either. It should be "Account For only Half of the Population"?

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by ArunangsuSahu » Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:49 am
"so x....that y" and then correct verb sequence

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by [email protected] » Thu Dec 20, 2012 5:14 pm
Dear experts,

is in the the last sentence not the word "it" missing? When I read E I thought half of what???
And is A only wrong because of the word "such"? (cause the idiom seems correct: so X...that Y...)

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