aragonn wrote:
Leslie Shumways testimony during the Al Capone trial was so damning that it woke the defendant from his state of complacency.
A. Leslie Shumways testimony during the Al Capone trial was so damning that it woke
B. Leslie Shumways testimony during the Al Capone trial was of such damning effect, it woke
C. So damning was Leslie Shumways testimony during the Al Capone trial as to wake
D. Such was Leslie Shumway testimonys damning effect during the Al Capone trial, it awakes
E. There was so much damning effects, that Leslie Shumway testimony during the Al Capone trial woke
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Official Explanation:
Something is so X that Y is a common idiomatic construction. (A) correctly follows this construction: Leslie Shumways testimony was so damning that it woke.
Thanks to generis for the detail explanation.