672. Students in the metropolitan school district lack math skills to such a large degree as to make it difficult to absorb them into a city economy becoming ever more dependent on information-based industries.
(A) lack math skills to such a large degree as to make it difficult to absorb them into a city economy becoming
(B) lack math skills to a large enough degree that they will be difficult to absorb into a citys economy that becomes
(C) lack of math skills is so large as to be difficult to absorb them into a citys economy that becomes
(D) are lacking so much in math skills as to be difficult to absorb into a citys economy becoming
(E) are so lacking in math skills that it will be difficult to absorb them into a city economy becoming
Solution:
OG Solution:
In A, lack is modified by a wordy and awkward construction, to such a large degree as to make it difficult to. B is similarly flawed, and to a large enough degree that is unidiomatic. C is ungrammatical because it uses lack as a noun rather than as a verb: the phrase beginning Students... becomes a dangling element, and them refers illogically to skills rather than students. Additionally, A, B, and C fail to use one or both of the "-ing" forms are lacking and becoming; these forms are preferable to lack and becomes in describing progressive and ongoing conditions. D uses the "-ing" forms, but so much... as to be difficult to absorb is awkward. E is best.
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(A) lack math skills to such a large degree as to make it difficult to absorb them into a city economy becoming
(B) lack math skills to a large enough degree that they will be difficult to absorb into a citys economy that becomes
(C) lack of math skills is so large as to be difficult to absorb them into a citys economy that becomes
(D) are lacking so much in math skills as to be difficult to absorb into a citys economy becoming
(E) are so lacking in math skills that it will be difficult to absorb them into a city economy becoming
Solution:
OG Solution:
In A, lack is modified by a wordy and awkward construction, to such a large degree as to make it difficult to. B is similarly flawed, and to a large enough degree that is unidiomatic. C is ungrammatical because it uses lack as a noun rather than as a verb: the phrase beginning Students... becomes a dangling element, and them refers illogically to skills rather than students. Additionally, A, B, and C fail to use one or both of the "-ing" forms are lacking and becoming; these forms are preferable to lack and becomes in describing progressive and ongoing conditions. D uses the "-ing" forms, but so much... as to be difficult to absorb is awkward. E is best.
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