Hello Everyone!
It looks like my original reply to this was removed, so let's give it another try! Let's start with the original question, with any major differences between the options highlighted in
orange:
With corn, soybean, and wheat reserves
being low enough so a poor harvest would send prices skyrocketing, grain futures brokers and their clients are especially interested in weather that could affect crops.
(A)
being low
enough so
(B) so low
such that(C) so low
that(D)
that are low
enough so
(E)
that are so low
such thatIf we look over this question carefully, we can see that this is an example of an idiom question! Let's quickly go over the idiom we're dealing with, and then determine which option uses it correctly!
Here is the idiom:
so X that Y
OR
X so that YOkay, now that we know which idiom we're dealing with, let's see which options handle it correctly:
(A) being low enough so --> being X enough so Y =
WRONG (This could have worked if it used the phrase "so that" instead of just "so.")(B) so low such that --> so X such that Y =
WRONG(C) so low that --> so X that Y =
GOOD(D) that are low enough so --> X enough so Y =
WRONG(This could have worked if it used the phrase "so that" instead of just "so.")(E) that are so low such that --> so X such that Y =
WRONGThere you have it - option C is the only one that uses the idiom correctly! If you can become familiar with common idioms in English, answering these types of questions will be quick and painless!
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