So that vs So as Experts please help

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So that vs So as Experts please help

by neer.king » Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:28 pm
Students in the metropolitan school district lack math skills to such a large degree as to make it difficult to absorb them into a city economy becoming ever more dependent on information based industries.

A: lack math skills to such a large degree as to make it difficult to absorb them into a city economy becoming
B: lack math skills to a large enough degree that they will be difficult to absorb into a city's economy that becomes
C: lack of math skills is so large as to be difficult to absorb them into a city's economy that becomes
D: are lacking so much in math skills as to be difficult to absorb into a city's economy becoming
E: are so lacking in math skills that it will be difficult to absorb them into a city economy becoming.

Please explain the difference
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by agautam7879 » Sat Aug 04, 2012 12:04 pm
A: such a large degree ( is worse ) and such does not go with as to
B: large enough is bad
C:lack of match skills makes no sense
D:lacking ( are lacking is wrong ) - because lack can not be used in the progressive tense
E: correct

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