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by ashg84 » Sat Oct 06, 2012 12:22 am
Recent indications of weakness in the economy have led consumers to be more conservative with their purchases; so depressed have sales figures been as a result that the government has launched several initiatives to actively encourage consumer spending

a) so depressed have sales figures been as a result that
b) the sales figures have been so depressed as a result that
c) as a result, so depressed has the sales been that

Please explain with your answer ...

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by Diehard_Learner » Sat Oct 06, 2012 3:29 am
Both (a) and (b) look ok to me; in fact they are same except for the fact the (a) has an inversion.

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