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I wonder how can one expect to reason Idiom questions? I don't think reasoning can be done for each and every idiom question but logic can be looked at.

Pls explain. I honestly consider both A and C plausible options. Lacking in/Lack of are both idiomatic. Just motivate why C is wrong.

I think this is a high-quality question and I don't agree with the explanation.

I think this is a poor-quality question and the explanation isn't clear enough, please elaborate.

I think this is a poor-quality question and the explanation isn't clear enough, please elaborate.

For idiom questions, don't look for reasoning every time. Some are taken to be granted as per rules of english and rules of GMAT.

I think this is a poor-quality question and I don't agree with the explanation. Choice A is not correct, the correct idiom is "lack of" not "lacking in."

School doesn't lack rigor, but there is a lack f rigor 'in' the schools. The correct answer coveys this properly. C is SUSPECT answer, not the right one.

I have the same doubt, can somebody explain

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"What these scores tell us is that___________________". This is an awkward construction.

The sentence could have been constructed as "These scores tell us that_________". When "what" is used in a sentence to refer to "The thing", we may reconstruct the sentence by replacing "What" with "The thing"

The thing these scores tell us is that rigor is lacking in some schools - Option (A)
The thing these scores tell us is that there is a lack of rigor in some schools - Option (C)

Option (A) makes more sense now since option (C) seems to be awkward and use of 'there' seems to be redundant. Hence (A) is the correct answer choice.

"These scores tell us that there is a lack of rigor in some schools" would have been a right sentence.

Hope this helps..

This is first example that we get if we google "lack of". This example is similar to option C. I am not sure why A is preferred to C.

I think this is a poor-quality question and I don't agree with the explanation.

I think A is the correct choice. One reason for my belief is that: is lacking and lack have two different meaning. Lack, as a verb is used for general. For example: I lack trust in my parents. On the other hand, if I use "is lacking" - for e.g.: She is lacking trust in her parents. This "is lacking" is used for this moment. It conveys that she is lacking at this time.

I think this is a poor-quality question and the explanation isn't clear enough, please elaborate.

GMATNinja, could you help us?

I think this is a poor-quality question and I don't agree with the explanation. I believe c is also correct.