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by hemant_rajput » Sat Apr 20, 2013 2:54 am
84. 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

(8) 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
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by neha24 » Sat Apr 20, 2013 2:58 am
D seems correct
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by CSASHISHPANDAY » Sat Apr 20, 2013 8:10 am
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
correct idiom is attempts to
So that" opens a subordinate clause that offers to explain or show a purpose. Here use of that is fine.
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by Ankur87 » Sun Apr 21, 2013 8:00 am
The computer company's present troubles ( are a result of technological stagnation, marketing missteps, and managerial blunders ) that several attempts to revise corporate strategies have failed to correct.
Ignore the bracket part.
Now if you read the sentence then "them or it" is not required.
So the correct answer is D.
"That" refers to "troubles" -- Please correct me if I am wrong.
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