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Retailers reported moderate gains in their November sales, as much because of their sales of a year earlier being so bas as that shoppers were getting a head start on buying their holiday gifts.

A) of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that
B) of their sales a year earlier having been so bad as because
c) of their sales a year earlier being as bad as because
D) their sales a year ealier had been so bad as because
E) their sales of a year earlier were as bad as that

A) of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that
"because..that" is not parallel
B) of their sales a year earlier having been so bad as because
"because of their...because shoppers" is not parallel"because of their...because of shoppers "would have been correct
c) of their sales a year earlier being as bad as because
"because of their...because shoppers" is not parallel
"earlier being as bad" is incorrect

D) their sales a year ealier had been so bad as because
" because their...because shoppers" is parallel
"had been so bad"....past continous tense proper

E) their sales of a year earlier were as bad as that
"because..that" is not parallel



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