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Poor management, outdated technology, competition from overseas, and steel’s replacement to materials like aluminum and fiber-reinforced plastics have all been cited as causes for the decline of the United States steel industry.

(A) steel’s replacement to materials like
(B) the replacement of steel by such materials as
(C) the replacing of steel with materials of
(D) the replacing of steel by means of materials like
(E) to replace steel by materials such as
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Re: Poor management, outdated technology, competition from overseas, and [#permalink] New post   16 Aug 2019, 17:31
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(A) steel’s replacement to materials like

Parallelism issue, only this option has noun first, others have adjective first
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(B) the replacement of steel by such materials as

corrects parallelism. I got confused with 'such ... as' but that is correct.
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(C) the replacing of steel with materials of

parallelism issue, tense change
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(D) the replacing of steel by means of materials like

parallelism issue, tense change. Also use of work like is wrong
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(E) to replace steel by materials such as

parallelism issue again
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Re: Poor management, outdated technology, competition from overseas, and [#permalink] New post   17 Aug 2019, 18:38
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Poor management, outdated technology, competition from overseas, and steel’s replacement to materials like aluminum and fiber-reinforced plastics have all been cited as causes for the decline of the United States steel industry.

(A) steel’s replacement to materials like
(B) the replacement of steel by such materials as
(C) the replacing of steel with materials of
(D) the replacing of steel by means of materials like
(E) to replace steel by materials such as


(A) steel’s replacement to materials like
(B) the replacement of steel by such materials as
(C) the replacing of steel with materials of
(D) the replacing of steel by means of materials like
(E) to replace steel by materials such as
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Re: Poor management, outdated technology, competition from overseas, and [#permalink] New post   01 May 2021, 18:04
navderm wrote:
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(A) steel’s replacement to materials like

Parallelism issue, only this option has noun first, others have adjective first
Quote:
(B) the replacement of steel by such materials as

corrects parallelism. I got confused with 'such ... as' but that is correct.
Quote:
(C) the replacing of steel with materials of

parallelism issue, tense change
Quote:
(D) the replacing of steel by means of materials like

parallelism issue, tense change. Also use of work like is wrong
Quote:
(E) to replace steel by materials such as

parallelism issue again


You are saying A is incorrect because it needs to start with ajdective. So B is correct because "the" is adjective?
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