Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Gmat Sentence Correction 11, 12

GMAT SENTENCE CORRECTION -- 11 & 12

11). Three hundred guests is as many as even the most ambitious host or hostess should invite, and this number of guests is advisable only when circumstances actually demand it.

A) as many as even

B) so many as even

C) so many that even

D) as many that even

E) even so many that


12). The ideal citeis of Ebenezer Howard, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Le Corbusier, different from one another as they were, were all based on a belief that physical order in itself could bring about the good life.

A). different from one another as they were

B). different one from the other as they were

C). different from each other as every one was

D). differing as each was, one from the other

E). although each differed from

Answer

11). A --- 2 idioms involved here are ---

1- As many as - to the same extent, degree (equal to) -- Ram was as sad as someone could ever be

2- So... that..- To such an extent/degree that...usually leads to a conclusion -- Ram was so sad that he decided to leave his job.

In the question :--
Three hundred guests is as many as even the most ambitious host or hostess should invite.

As can be seen, "even the most ambitious host or hostess should invite" is not the conclusion of the 300 guests.

Instead,"as many as" will make the proper link between the two parts => that the 300 guests is equal to what the most ambitious host should invite.

12). A "as" here is somewhat similar to "even though".
Other catch in this sentence lies in the fact that we often omit the first "as" when we invert, here it implies -- "as different from one another as they were" is same as "different from one another as they were".



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