398. In spite of continuing national trends toward increased consumption of specialty foods, agronomists in the Midwest foresee a gradual reversion to the raising of agricultural staples: feed corn and hard red wheat.
(A) a gradual reversion to the raising of agricultural staples
(B) that a gradual reversion back will feature the raising of agricultural staples
(C) a gradual reversion back to the raising of agricultural staples again
(D) a gradual reversion to raise agricultural staples
(E) a gradual reversion into the raising of agricultural staples
Solution:
Redundancy + logical + Idioms
B and C: “reversion” along with “back” leads to redundancy.
D: “reversion to raise” suggests “reversion” will lead to “the raising of…”
E: “reversion into X” is not idiomatic.
A: “reversion to the raising” is idiomatic and conveys the intended meaning.
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(A) a gradual reversion to the raising of agricultural staples
(B) that a gradual reversion back will feature the raising of agricultural staples
(C) a gradual reversion back to the raising of agricultural staples again
(D) a gradual reversion to raise agricultural staples
(E) a gradual reversion into the raising of agricultural staples
Solution:
Redundancy + logical + Idioms
B and C: “reversion” along with “back” leads to redundancy.
D: “reversion to raise” suggests “reversion” will lead to “the raising of…”
E: “reversion into X” is not idiomatic.
A: “reversion to the raising” is idiomatic and conveys the intended meaning.
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