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so impressed...as to ignore?

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Ves
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 Post Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:22 pm 
Hello MGmat Staff,

I have a general question about the use of "so X..that Y". I just finished a test and a correct answer on one of the verbal questions had the construction " so impressed ...as to ignore" . The sentence goes: In the Renaissance, painters were so impressed with Leonardo Da Vinci as to ignore their own training...." Is this a correct construction? I always thought that the idiom is "So impressed that" .

Please advise on the use of this expression.

Thanks!
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esledge
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 Post Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 6:00 pm 
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Here's what we say on the matter in our 3rd edition SC guide:

"SUSPECT idiom example: The sauce was SO hot AS TO burn my mouth.
Note: The GMAT seems to have changed its mind on this idiom. In the 10th Edition of the OG, problem #88 uses the construction in the correct answer. However, #33 in the 11th Edition says that this idiom is "incorrect" with no further explanation. Other authorities consider this idiom correct, and we agree. Nevertheless, you should be wary of its use.

WRONG idiom examples:
The sauce had SUCH heat AS TO burn my mouth.
The sauce had SO MUCH heat AS TO burn my mouth."

Ves, I'd be interested to see the entire GMATPrep example you mention, including answer choices. Of particular interest: Did you have to chose between "so X as to Y" and the generally safer "so X that Y"? Were there other, more rule-dependent splits that trumped this idiom issue?

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