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by hai1 » Sun Nov 08, 2009 3:30 pm
Q: Recent indicators of weakness in the economy have led consumers to be more conservative with their pressures; so depressed have sales figures been as a result that the government has launched several initiatives to actively encourage consumer spending.

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

The main idea of first sentence is talking about sales figure, so I think the answer should be e.
Answer: A

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by [email protected] » Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:08 pm
Agree

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by tanviet » Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:13 am
"as a result" in E is misplaced. E is out

D is not a sentence

C has verb-subject problem

A and B are left

in this case, gmat prefer normal order. B is correct. There is a similar quesion in OG 10. I do not understand why A is correct

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by KICKGMATASS123 » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:29 pm
duongthang wrote:"as a result" in E is misplaced. E is out

D is not a sentence

C has verb-subject problem

A and B are left

in this case, gmat prefer normal order. B is correct. There is a similar quesion in OG 10. I do not understand why A is correct
I agreee.. I will vote for B as well do not see anything wrong with B

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by viju9162 » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:33 pm
In B, don't it sound like a run on sentence..after depressed, punctuation should occur...
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by sadullaevd » Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:46 am
IMO A.

So ...... that

seems soundful

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by sunnyjohn » Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:21 pm
Answer should be either B or A..
I thinks its B, but i did not find any mistake in A except the writing style is little awkward..!