(A) fell substantially over the past decade, while the number of Blacks who attend college is more than twice what it was
(B) fell substantially, while the number of Blacks attending college is more than double what it was at that time
(C) has fallen substantially, while the number of Blacks attending college has more than doubled
(D) has fallen substantially over the past decade, while the number of Blacks attending college is more than twice what it was at that time
(E) has fallen substantially over the past decade, while the number of Blacks who are attending college are more than double what they were
Solution:
Redundancy + Parallelism
A, D, and E: “last ten years” along with “the past decade” leads to redundancy.
B: “fell(past)…is(present)…” is not parallel.
C: “has fallen…has doubled…” is parallel.
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