IMO A.

Eliminate C,D,E because the "poorly trained" phrase modifies the "United States work force" and NOT "young recruits"
Eliminate B for incorrect idiom usage.

IMO A

So X that Y is the idiom

X-> reason
Y-> effect
SO -> stress the degree or the profoundity of the cause

Nycgrl wrote:So poorly educated and trained are many young recruits to the United States work force that many business executives fear this country will lose its economic preeminence.

(A) So poorly educated and trained are many young recruits to the United States work force that
(B) As poorly educated and trained as many young recruits to the United States work force are
(C) Because of many young recruits to the United States work force who are so poorly educated and trained.
(D) That many young recruits to the United States work force are so poorly educated and trained is why
(E) Many young recruits to the United States work force who are so poorly educated and trained explains why

hmm.. there is a point in here.. it's clear that apart from A and C , rest of them look obviously wrong.

C is wrong because 'because of' can't be used as a conjunction. Hence A is correct as it correctly uses idiom so.. that

the sentence structure of D is correct only. had a similar example in OG.

but is D wrong because of the word " so " in it ????

pleaseeeeeeee help!!

Sometimes switched the order of the sentence helps to make things clearer.

Many young recruits to the United States are so poorly educated and trained that.....

uses correct so..that idiom

OG answer is A.
The original version uses the correct usage of Idion so X that Y
Answer to Question 177
A, the best choice, uses the idiomatic form So X that Y to establish a cause/effect relationship between clauses
X and Y. In B, the subject of the as ... as clause (young recruits) should be the subject of the main clause as
well (e.g., they). Furthermore, main clauses following concessive clauses must express a contrasting notion: for
example, "As ill-prepared as they are, they nevertheless find good jobs." C offers a wordy, convoluted because
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clause. In D, the sentence form X is why is unidiomatic (X is the reason why would be idiomatic but needlessly
wordy and awkward). E exhibits subject-verb disagreement: young recruits ... explains why.