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[gmat_t1]

Antarctica receives more solar radiation than does any other place on Earth, yet the temperatures are so cold and the ice cap is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise, the water levels of the oceans would rise 250 feet and engulf most of the world’s great cities.

• is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise,
• is so reflective that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; were it to do so,
• so reflective that little polar ice melts during the summer, or else
• reflective, so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer, or
• reflects so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; if it did

Please provide detailed explanation. Thanks.

[bear&bull]

• is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise,
• is so reflective that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; were it to do so,
• so reflective that little polar ice melts during the summer, or else
• reflective, so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer, or
• reflects so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; if it did

there is a subtle difference between so that and so X that

so that means in order to

i took the gmat so that ( in order to ) i can apply to b schools

so X that is basically used to show cause and effect
it is adverbial intensifier of adjective







i was so tired that i went to bed

so is an adverb modifying adjective tired

here

temperature cannot be cold to do something .

right ?

hence it is cause and effect

eliminate A , D and E

3/2 and we fight between 2 and 3

• is so reflective that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; were it to do so,
• so reflective that little polar ice melts during the summer, or else

let us see whether semi colon and comma have been used correctly


Antarctica receives more solar radiation than does any other place on Earth, yet the temperatures are so cold and the ice cap so reflective that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; were it to do so,

perfect

Antarctica receives more solar radiation than does any other place on Earth, yet the temperatures are so cold and the ice cap so reflective that little polar ice melts during the summer, or else

oops ! perfect

little polar ice melts vs little of polar ice

little is a noun is second case and changes the meaning a bit

moreover It " can be ambiguous

HTH !

[Dzadz]

What does HTH stand for?

[Dzadz]

Hey bear&bull, good to know the difference between so X that and so that, thanks for that.

Overall great explanation, but just curious why you wouldn't go with answer choice B over C just because of the parallelism.

..temperatures are so cold and the ice cap is so reflective that little of the polar...

[ACETARGET]

Imo B ..