Can anyone please verify this?selango wrote:I think "So X as to Y" is correct.This idiom is used to denote cause and effect.EducationAisle wrote:While this is an old post, but for the sake of readers going forward, so X as to Y is not an acceptable idiom in GMAT.
In OG 12 Question no:37 this idiom is referred.
Although schistosomiasis is not often fatal, it is so debilitating that it has become an economic drain on many developing countries.
(A) it is so debilitating that it has become an economic
(B) it is of such debilitation, it has become an economical
(C) so debilitating is it as to become an economic
(D) such is its debilitation, it becomes an economical
(E) there is so much debilitation that it has become an economical
In option C the idiom "So X as to Y" is not in correct format.Tats y its wrong.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
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Not sure dude but the construction of C itself makes the usage so X as to Y wrong.selango wrote:I think "So X as to Y" is correct.This idiom is used to denote cause and effect.EducationAisle wrote:While this is an old post, but for the sake of readers going forward, so X as to Y is not an acceptable idiom in GMAT.
In OG 12 Question no:37 this idiom is referred.
Although schistosomiasis is not often fatal, it is so debilitating that it has become an economic drain on many developing countries.
(A) it is so debilitating that it has become an economic
(B) it is of such debilitation, it has become an economical
(C) so debilitating is it as to become an economic
(D) such is its debilitation, it becomes an economical
(E) there is so much debilitation that it has become an economical
In option C the idiom "So X as to Y" is not in correct format.Tats y its wrong.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
I think if C were "it is so debilitating as to become an economic" then C would have been correct.
Just my thoughts.. u knw my SC skills
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Hey Bro,shovan85 wrote:Not sure dude but the construction of C itself makes the usage so X as to Y wrong.selango wrote:I think "So X as to Y" is correct.This idiom is used to denote cause and effect.EducationAisle wrote:While this is an old post, but for the sake of readers going forward, so X as to Y is not an acceptable idiom in GMAT.
In OG 12 Question no:37 this idiom is referred.
Although schistosomiasis is not often fatal, it is so debilitating that it has become an economic drain on many developing countries.
(A) it is so debilitating that it has become an economic
(B) it is of such debilitation, it has become an economical
(C) so debilitating is it as to become an economic
(D) such is its debilitation, it becomes an economical
(E) there is so much debilitation that it has become an economical
In option C the idiom "So X as to Y" is not in correct format.Tats y its wrong.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
I think if C were "it is so debilitating as to become an economic" then C would have been correct.
Just my thoughts.. u knw my SC skills
I think you are correct.I too have the same thought.
1. The Idiom "So X as to Y" is correct or not?Is this idiom referred now in GMAT?
2.In option C if the sentence is "so debilitating as to become an economic",then option C is correct?
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