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President Clinton spent significant money on the “No Child

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by BTGmoderatorDC » Sun Mar 10, 2019 2:28 am

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President Clinton spent significant money on the "No Child Left Behind" program in several school districts throughout the country, which led to a boom in the school construction industry and also added thousands of jobs for teachers and support staff.

A. which led to a boom in the school construction industry and also added
B. which not only led to a boom in the school construction industry, but also added
C. not only leading to a boom in the school construction industry but also adding
D. leading to a boom in the school construction industry, which also added
E. leading to a boom in the construction industry of school, which added

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by deloitte247 » Sat Mar 16, 2019 1:49 am
OPTION A:- INCORRECT
Which led to a boom in the School construction industry and also added in this option WHICH refers to Country but the original intent is to focus on the results of the program. Thus incorrect. Moreover use of AND changes the meaning.

OPTION B:- INCORRECT
Which not only led to a boom in the school construction industry, but also added.
In this option WHICH refers to country but original intent is to focus on the result of the program. Thus boom

OPTION C:- CORRECT
Not only leading to a boom in the school construction industry but also adding
Use of participle correctly explains the result of the program. Moreover, Not only X but also lists two result succinctly.

OPTION D:- INCORRECT
Leading to a boom in the school construction , which also added
In this option WHICH refers to industry. This is grammatically correct but it changes the original intent and gives another meaning to the sentence.

OPTION E:- INCORRECT
Leading to a boom in the construction industry of school, which added in this option WHICH refers to industry. This is grammatically correct but it changes the original intent. Moreover 'Construction industry of School' is awkward and lengthy.
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