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by thegmatbeater » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:53 pm
Recent indications of weakness in the economy have led consumers to be more conservative with their pruchases; so depressed have sales figures been as a result that the governmet has launched several initiatives to actively encourage consumer spending.

a)
b) the sales figures have been so depressed as a result that
c) as a result, so depressed has the sales been that
d) the resulting sales figures having been so depressed that
e) the sales figures have been so depressed that, as a result
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by raunekk » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:10 pm
imo:C
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by mksreeram » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:24 pm
B is my choice

A) Too wordy
C) has - singular sales - plural
D) Having been unecessary
E) as a result is wrong (it doesn't convey "consumer attitude change" as a result sales depressed)

OA?
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by raunekk » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:37 pm
typo..

IMO:B
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by UmanG » Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:14 am
IMO B
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by thegmatbeater » Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:08 am
All the answers are wrong..
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by bornsupreme » Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:47 am
imo : E

Lemme know it's correct or not??
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by Canman » Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:36 am
B is unidiomatic "so....as...to" is correct form
C & D have wrong verb tense
E seems to be the best choice
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by thegmatbeater » Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:26 am
The answer is A..Can anybody explain it?
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