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Many sociologists contend that homelessness is caused by decreasing wages, as well as dwindling availability of affordable housing, a lack of family support, and a decline in health care coverage.

A. decreasing wages, as well as dwindling availability of affordable housing
B. a decrease in wages and in availability of affordable housing
C. a decreasing of wages, along with availability of affordable housing
D. wages being decreased, along with availability of affordable housing
E. wages and availability of affordable housing being decreased, with



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I knew it between B and C because I knew "a" was necessary to keep it parallel. I got C unfortunately. I see the double parallel in there. Tricky tricky.

B. a decrease in wages and in availability of affordable housing

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Yeah, I missed this one too. Thanks!
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by decrease in x and in y

a decrease ||a lack || a decline. Hence B
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Crap, I missed B too, C was a big trap. Thanks for the good question.
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I picked the wrong one between B and C too..
What's the source for this ?
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B is parallel.

Homelessness is caused by a decrease in wages and in availability of affordable housing, a lack of family support, and a decline in health care coverage.
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Clear B. We need decrease to keep the whole sentence parallel
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chose B ........eliminated A .....I think i did not check C properly so no threat :)



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