The treasury market dropped in response to a decrease in the value of the dollar and to continued concern that the economy might be growing as fast as to accelerate inflation and drive interest rates higher.

A. that the economy might be growing as fast as
B. that the economy might be growing fast enough
C. with the economy’s possibly growing so fast as
D. with the possibility of the economy growing fast enough so as
E. with the possibility of the economy possibly growing fast enough
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Sentence Correction-Collection of Ron Purewal's "elliptical construction/analogies" for SC Challenges

The treasury market dropped in response to a decrease in the value of the dollar and to continued concern that the economy might be growing as fast as to accelerate inflation and drive interest rates higher.
A. that the economy might be growing as fast as
- "AS FAST AS" is used to show comparison/similarities between two items and not to show PURPOSE or DEMAND. Hence Incorrect
B. that the economy might be growing fast enough
- Correct
C. with the economy’s possibly growing so fast as
- Use of SO FAST is incorrect.
D. with the possibility of the economy growing fast enough so as
"With the Possibility of" is redundant. Hence Incorrect
E. with the possibility of the economy possibly growing fast enough
"With the Possibility of" is redundant. Hence Incorrect
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The treasury market dropped in response to a decrease in the value of the dollar and to continued concern that the economy might be growing as fast as to accelerate inflation and drive interest rates higher.

A. that the economy might be growing as fast as -- it indicates that the economy is growing to accelerate inflation which is not the intended meaning
B. that the economy might be growing fast enough -- concise and proper. correct
C. with the economy’s possibly growing so fast as --- economy's is wrong
D. with the possibility of the economy growing fast enough so as ---- it gives the intention that the economy is growing fast to accelerate inflation which is wrong.
E. with the possibility of the economy possibly growing fast enough-- redundant

Hi,

In option D, the sentence meaning is distorted. There is no error with 'with the possibility of'
In option E, 'with the possibility of' and 'possibly' is redundant. Hence it is incorrectly used here.

Meaning: The treasury market dropped in response to 2 things:
1. to a decrease in the value of the dollar
2. to continued concern that the economy might be growing as fast as to accelerate inflation and drive interest rates higher.
There is parallelism between 1 and 2.

The meaning of the sentence in the underlined portion no where intents comparison, hence as fast as isn't required.
Rather it further presents two results of the economy to grow fast enough:
1. accelerate inflation
2. drive interest rates higher

Error Analysis:
1. as fast as denotes comparison
Incorrect because of the reason mentioned above.
fast enough is grammatically correct when no comparison is made here. Let's keep B.
concern with in this context is doesn't make me fall in love with it, and there are other errors as well in the sentences to kick them out of the league.
so fast as to accelerate...... shows the intention of the economy to do so. Not the intended meaning, also economy can't have any intention.
Also the possessive makes this sentence incorrect.
so as, same as C
Redundancy with the possibility of the economy possibly . Hence incorrect.
Leaving us with B as the best option.
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