84. The computer company's present troubles are a result of technological stagnation, marketingmissteps, 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 Agreement; Rhetorica l construction This sentence lists three causes of th e compa ny's troubles and asserts that strategies to cor rect the causes of the problem s have fa iled . The clearest, most efficient way to explain this is to refer to the causes with th e relative pronoun that, positioning it as an object of the verbjailed to correct, A The singula r pronoun it has no clear antecedent; th e conjunction so typically indicates that a consequence will follow, but this is not th e case. B The conjunc tion so is inappropriate because no consequences are given; the verb correct has no object. 5.8 Sentence Correction Answer Explanati o ns C I n that is an inappro priate connector because it is not followed by an indication of how the company's troubl es result from the three problems listed in th e first part of the sente nce. D Correct. The sentence is clearly and efficiently worded, and th e referent of th e pronoun that is clear. E Because attempts is the subject of the final clause, and that is the object of its verb (have failed to correct), the pronoun them has no function. The correct answer is D.
84. The computer company's present troubles are a result of technological stagnation, marketingmissteps, 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
Agreement; Rhetorica l construction
This sentence lists three causes of th e compa ny's troubles and asserts that strategies to cor rect the causes of the problem s have fa iled . The clearest, most efficient way to explain this is to refer to the causes with th e relative pronoun that, positioning it as an object of the verbjailed to correct,
A The singula r pronoun it has no clear antecedent; th e conjunction so typically indicates that a consequence will follow, but this is not th e case.
B The conjunc tion so is inappropriate because no consequences are given; the verb correct has no object.
C I n that is an inappro priate connector because it is not followed by an indication of how the company's troubl es result from the three problems listed in th e first part of the sente nce.
D Correct. The sentence is clearly and efficiently worded, and th e referent of th e pronoun that is clear.
E Because attempts is the subject of the final clause, and that is the object of its verb (have failed to correct), the pronoun them has no function.
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