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The miscommunications associated with a decentralized model may be so harmful they hinder the ability of some companies for performing tasks at the required pace and the result is to develop a strong customer base.

Meaning analysis: Some miscommunications may be so harmful that they hamper the ability of some companies to perform some task, leading this companies to develop a strong customer base.

Error analysis: Idioms: so X that Y, where Y explains or describes Y; ability to do smth.
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The miscommunications associated with a decentralized model (main subject - plural)
…………..may be so harmful they hinder the ability of some companies (main verb, so harmful missing “that”)
…………………….for performing tasks at the required pace and (correct idiom ability to)
………………….…the result is to develop a strong customer base. (“the result is” seems to presenting new IC but it is redundant here, we just have to make 2 entities // that followed after “ability”)
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A. they hinder the ability of some companies for performing tasks at the required pace and, the result is to develop

B. that they hinder the ability of some companies to perform tasks at the required pace and, as a result, to develop :idea:

C. that they hinder the ability of some companies to perform tasks at the required pace, the result of this, they are unable to develop

D. that they hinder the ability of some companies to perform tasks at the required pace, and results in not developed

E. as to hinder the ability of some companies for performing tasks at the required pace and, the resulting in being unable to develop

B is the correct answer :idea:
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The miscommunications associated with a decentralized model may be so harmful they hinder the ability of some companies for performing tasks at the required pace and the result is to develop a strong customer base.

A. they hinder the ability of some companies for performing tasks at the required pace and, the result is to develop

B. that they hinder the ability of some companies to perform tasks at the required pace and, as a result, to develop

C. that they hinder the ability of some companies to perform tasks at the required pace, the result of this, they are unable to develop

D. that they hinder the ability of some companies to perform tasks at the required pace, and results in not developed

E. as to hinder the ability of some companies for performing tasks at the required pace and, the resulting in being unable to develop

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"So harmful..." will always follow "that".
"Ability of some companies for" is incorrect. "Ability.....to" is correct preposition.
"To performing" is grammatically incorrect and the correct phrase is "to perform".

Option B rectifies all the above mistakes and hence should be the correct answer.
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The miscommunications associated with a decentralized model may be so harmful they hinder the ability of some companies for performing tasks at the required pace and the result is to develop a strong customer base.

A. they hinder the ability of some companies for performing tasks at the required pace and, the result is to develop

B. that they hinder the ability of some companies to perform tasks at the required pace and, as a result, to develop

C. that they hinder the ability of some companies to perform tasks at the required pace, the result of this, they are unable to develop

D. that they hinder the ability of some companies to perform tasks at the required pace, and results in not developed

E. as to hinder the ability of some companies for performing tasks at the required pace and, the resulting in being unable to develop

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There is a simple grammatical rule we can use. In this sentence, the phrase so harmful is meant to introduce the next section of the sentence, and therefore should be followed by the word that. In addition, the correct preposition to follow ability is to, not for. Also, to performing is grammatically incorrect and should be changed to to perform.
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