Multiple choice

Directions: In the given question, select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear,x concise and correct manner.

  1. The Renaissance painters were so impressed with Da Vinci that they ignored their own training and designate as a masterpiece anything he painted

  2. The Renaissance painters were impressed with Da Vinci to such an extent that they were to ignore their own training and designate as a masterpiece anything he painted

  3. The Renaissance painters were so impressed with Da Vinci as to ignore their own training and designate as a masterpiece anything he painted

  4. The Renaissance painters were so impressed with Da Vinci that they had to ignore their own training and designate as a masterpiece anything he painted

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C Correct answer
Explanation

(1) and (4) express simple result (“so impressed... that”), but (3) adds the sense of to such an extent (“so impressed… as to”). That this sense is the one intended is shown in the original by the second result “designate”, which is in the infinitive form; the two results together then should be “so impressed… as to ignore… and designate…” (2) takes more wordage than (3) to stress “to such an extent that,” and “were to ignore” changes the time sense. (5) is not idiomatic. Answer: (3)

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