As a result of increasingly disastrous economic fallout from mortgage foreclosures, several suburbs of Cleveland,
one of the nation’s hardest-hit cities, is spending millions of dollars to maintain empty houses in an effort to contain real-estate panic and urban blight.
A. one of the nation’s hardest-hit cities, is spending millions of dollars
B. one of the hardest-hit cities in the nation, should be spending millions of dollars
C. one of the nation’s hardest-hit cities, are spending millions of dollars
D. city in the nation that has been hardest-hit, is spending millions of dollars
E. a national hard-hit city, are spending millions of dollars
Why is choice E incorrect? The subject of sentence is "several suburbs" and this is soon followed by "one of the nation’s hardest-hit cities". Here how can "one of the nation’s hardest-hit cities" can refer to several suburbs. The meaning is confusing on correct answer.
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