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Combine the sentences correctly using 'so...that':
The earrings were beautiful. I had to buy them.

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The earrings were so beautiful that I had to buy them.

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The earrings were beautiful so that I had to buy them.

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So beautiful were the earrings that I had to buy them.

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So that the earrings were beautiful that I had to buy them.

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Solution

The correct option is D The earrings were so beautiful that I had to buy them.
'So that' is used to talk about a purpose. In the given sentence, the purpose is buying the earrings. 'So' is followed by an adjective. Options B, C and D are grammatically wrong. Thus, option A is the correct answer.

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