maihuna wrote:The computer company's present troubles are a result of technological stagnation, marketing missteps, and managerial blunders so that several attempts to revise corporate strategies have failed to correct it.
A. so that several attempts to revise corporate strategies have failed to correct it.
B. so that several attempts at revising corporate strategies have failed to correct
C. in that several attempts at revising corporate strategies have failed to correct them
D. that several attempts to revise corporate strategies have failed to correct
E. that several attempts at revising corporate strategies have failed to correct them

cccmom wrote:The correct answer is D. Is is from the blue (verbal guide) book, #84.

It helps me to change the sentence some to see it. I couldn't see it because the series. This speaks to the strategy of removing the fluff, so you can disect the sentence. Once I took at the series, it was easier to read.

Here is how I saw it - " My present troubles are a result of studying that is driving me crazy!" I thought you needed the "in that" but the oficial explanation says the "in that' should only be used if there is a follow up indicating how the two relate (the company's troubles and the three listed problems.). Going back to my no fluff verision, I would not say, "My present troubles are a result of studying in that is driving me crazy!"

nikhilkatira wrote:

cccmom wrote:The correct answer is D. Is is from the blue (verbal guide) book, #84.

It helps me to change the sentence some to see it. I couldn't see it because the series. This speaks to the strategy of removing the fluff, so you can disect the sentence. Once I took at the series, it was easier to read.

Here is how I saw it - " My present troubles are a result of studying that is driving me crazy!" I thought you needed the "in that" but the oficial explanation says the "in that' should only be used if there is a follow up indicating how the two relate (the company's troubles and the three listed problems.). Going back to my no fluff verision, I would not say, "My present troubles are a result of studying in that is driving me crazy!"

guys verbal review does not comment on the IDIOM "attempts to " and "attempts at".

I know "attempts to " is right but what about "attempts at " ????