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 10 May 2005, 19:32
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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 even more dependant on information-based industries.
A: above 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
Someone please explain Grammatical Structure of last part (becomes/becoming).
Thanks.
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becomes vs becoming.. we need the latter to stress the ongoing change in the industry. B and C are out.
A: lack math skills to such a large degree as to make it difficult to absorb them into a city economy becoming
- 'them' appears to suggest abosrobgin the math skils into the economy. This is clearly nonsecnsical
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
- 'them' appears to suggest abosrobgin the math skils into the economy.
I'll go with D on this one. It's parallel as well, lacking... becoming...
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"E"
For D, city's economy (versus city economy) is incorrect.
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becomes is to indicate some thing which has happened
-ing is for present continuous.
Since economy is still dependant, becoming is correct usage.
Between D & E,
are lacking so much .. as ..
..are lacking so... that...
I'll pick E.
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My Question was what is the use of the portion in red:
Students in the metropolitan school district are so lacking in math skills that it will be difficult to absorb them into a city economy becoming even more dependant on information-based industries.
I think this is a Present Participle used as a Adjective and qualifies Noun (City economy).
Students in the metropolitan school district are so lacking in math skills that it will be difficult to absorb them into a city economy.
Now What Kind of city economy: answer is : those economy which are becoming more dependent on information-based industries.
Can you guys please confirm whether my understanding is correct?
Thanks
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E. The part in D that says, "as to be difficult to absorb into," just does not sound good.
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jpv wrote: My Question was what is the use of the portion in red:
Students in the metropolitan school district are so lacking in math skills that it will be difficult to absorb them into a city economy becoming even more dependant on information-based industries.
I think this is a Present Participle used as a Adjective and qualifies Noun (City economy).
Students in the metropolitan school district are so lacking in math skills that it will be difficult to absorb them into a city economy.
Now What Kind of city economy: answer is : those economy which are becoming more dependent on information-based industries.
Can you guys please confirm whether my understanding is correct?
Thanks
jpv, your understanding is correct.
which econmy? --- That economy which is becoming(ongoing) more dependent on information-based industries.
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I choosed A because I thought that the continuous tense in E was wrong.
OE in OG11 says that because the economy is "becoming", the right tense should be "are lacking".
I don't see why. Why should it be a continuous tense, apart from the fact that A is wordier.
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the idiom is "SO X as to be Y" and only D fits into this equation.
so much in math skills as to be difficult to absorb
as far as become and becoming... both need to be ||... economy is becoming (in the process) X and students are lacking (now, not generally... 10 years ago they could have superb math skills  )
D is the only choice that makes sense
whats the OA?
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This one is between D & E.
E: are so lacking in math skills that it will be difficult to absorb them into a city economy becoming
I will go with E because there is a cause and effect relationship in the stem which is provided appropriately by E.
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should be E
D is awkward since so+adjective+as to V is correct idiom.
D: are lacking so much in math skills as to be difficult to absorb into a city’s economy becoming
lacking should be adjective here 'cuz lacking can not be used as verb, adj+so+adj?? to me much seems adv here.
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jpv wrote: 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 even more dependant on information-based industries.
A: above lack math skills to such a large degree as to make it difficult to absorb them into a city economy becoming
them does not have a clear antecedent - is it Students or "math skills".
B: lack math skills to a large enough degree that they will be difficult to absorb into a city’s economy that becomes
The relative pronoun that modifies the nearest noun phrase "math skills" resulting in an awkward structure ---- the math skills will be difficult to absorb...
C: lack of math skills is so large as to be difficult to absorb them into a city’s economy that becomes
"lack of math skills is so large" is unidiomatic
D: are lacking so much in math skills as to be difficult to absorb into a city’s economy becoming
The idiom so X as to be Y doesn't work here because "much in math skills" does not express an idea completely.
E: are so lacking in math skills that it will be difficult to absorb them into a city economy becoming
Someone please explain Grammatical Structure of last part (becomes/becoming).
Thanks.
Straight E guys..
Correct idiom is so.. (adjective LACKING) ..that and E uses it correctly.
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jpv wrote: 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 even more dependant on information-based industries.
A: above 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
Someone please explain Grammatical Structure of last part (becomes/becoming).
Thanks.
D is my answer.
There are pronoun antecedent problems here.
A: who does 'them' to ?
B: tense problem. becoming changed to becomes.
C: them refers to?
D: correct idiomatically as well as avoids pronoun errors
E: them refers to?
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u2lover wrote: the idiom is "SO X as to be Y" and only D fits into this equation. so much in math skills as to be difficult to absorb as far as become and becoming... both need to be ||... economy is becoming (in the process) X and students are lacking (now, not generally... 10 years ago they could have superb math skills ) D is the only choice that makes sense whats the OA? E .. I think qn is testing idiom so .. that..
Here is "so as to" usage..
Correct: Her debts are so extreme as to threaten the future of the company
“So asâ€
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u2lover wrote: the idiom is "SO X as to be Y" and only D fits into this equation. so much in math skills as to be difficult to absorb as far as become and becoming... both need to be ||... economy is becoming (in the process) X and students are lacking (now, not generally... 10 years ago they could have superb math skills ) D is the only choice that makes sense whats the OA? Well even I went with D...
BTW the correct idiom is "SO X as to Y" not "SO X as to be Y", there is no be.
But I find it hard to digest that a city economy wins over a city's economy which sounds much better.
Anybody for why city economy is better that city's economy ??? 
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sumitsarkar82 wrote: BTW the correct idiom is "SO X as to Y" not "SO X as to be Y", there is no be.
according to MGMAT SC there may or may not be BE. page 107
GMAX also covered the idiom with "TO BE" in it...
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u2lover wrote: sumitsarkar82 wrote: BTW the correct idiom is "SO X as to Y" not "SO X as to be Y", there is no be.
according to MGMAT SC there may or may not be BE. page 107 GMAX also covered the idiom with "TO BE" in it... I was referring to the Princeton Review.....
I guess we need a third opinion here.... 
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