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According to some economists, Japan is in danger of plunging into a depression that, with double-digit unemployment, could severely strain a society that regards lifetime employment as a virtual right of citizenship.
(A) that, with double-digit unemployment, could severely strain
(B) that, because of double-digit unemployment, could be a severe strain for
(C) with double-digit unemployment, and it could severely strain
(D) with double-digit unemployment and could be a severe strain
(E) with double-digit unemployment and could severely strain
(A) that, with double-digit unemployment, could severely strain
(B) that, because of double-digit unemployment, could be a severe strain for
(C) with double-digit unemployment, and it could severely strain
(D) with double-digit unemployment and could be a severe strain
(E) with double-digit unemployment and could severely strain
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According to some economists, Japan is in danger of plunging into a depression that, with double-digit unemployment, could severely strain a society that regards lifetime employment as a virtual right of citizenship.
(A) that, with double-digit unemployment, could severely strain -- acceptable construction, mission critical data is placed appropriately.
(B) that, because of double-digit unemployment, could be a severe strain for -- original sentence says that depression with unemployment could severely strain the society, but here only unemployment is projected as cause of sever strain.
(C) with double-digit unemployment, and it could severely strain -- ambiguous use of pronoun it - possible antecedent Japan or depression with double digit unemployment.
(D) with double-digit unemployment and could be a severe strain -- Japan is the possible subject of could be a sever strain. that's nonsensical.
(E) with double-digit unemployment and could severely strain -- Same as D.
(A) that, with double-digit unemployment, could severely strain -- acceptable construction, mission critical data is placed appropriately.
(B) that, because of double-digit unemployment, could be a severe strain for -- original sentence says that depression with unemployment could severely strain the society, but here only unemployment is projected as cause of sever strain.
(C) with double-digit unemployment, and it could severely strain -- ambiguous use of pronoun it - possible antecedent Japan or depression with double digit unemployment.
(D) with double-digit unemployment and could be a severe strain -- Japan is the possible subject of could be a sever strain. that's nonsensical.
(E) with double-digit unemployment and could severely strain -- Same as D.
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Mkumar26, there's no super-clear rule that will tell us when to use "that" instead of "with." They're very different words ("with" is a preposition, "that" is usually some sort of pronoun on the GMAT), and the correct usage of each will generally going to depend on the context of the rest of the sentence.
In this question, the parallelism in (C), (D), and (E) is the big reason why "with" is wrong. Let's look at (D) as an example:
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Sure, it's probably acceptable to say "a depression with double-digit unemployment" if we don't worry about anything that follows. But in this case, the phrase after the word "and" doesn't make any sense in (D): the verb phrase "could be a severe strain" is parallel to what, exactly? And since it follows the word "and", the phrase HAS to be parallel to something -- and "with double-digit unemployment" isn't a verb phrase, so that doesn't work. And that's the biggest problem with using "with" in (C), (D), and (E).
In (A) and (B), "that" is acceptable because the phrase that follows modifies "depression."
I hope this helps!
