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Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:31 pm    Post subject: GMAT: Sentence Correction Question "SOS" Reply with quote

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


Could someone explain me the answer.

thanks in advance
Vijay

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Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:47 pm    Post subject: Re: Sentence Correction Question "SOS" Reply with quote

<vijay@planetsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5c6da926.0409280031.fda5d90@posting.google.com...
Quote:
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


Could someone explain me the answer.

'maths skills' just sounds so much better !

Martyn
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Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 5:18 am    Post subject: Re: Sentence Correction Question "SOS" Reply with quote

In article <10li99vr5ubijb5@corp.supernews.com>, bill@Microsoft.com
says...
Quote:

vijay@planetsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5c6da926.0409280031.fda5d90@posting.google.com...
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


Could someone explain me the answer.

'maths skills' just sounds so much better !

Not on this side of the pond.


I like E. It's the only one I didn't have to read two or three times.
But I can't explain what's wrong with the others.

Gary

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