Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A. If not, select one of the other choices.

Tax incentive to the salaried class has lead to a boom in the sale of residential apartment complexes; so abundant has capital been for residential real estate that builders regularly scout the country for suitable sites.

  1. so abundant has capital been for residential real estate that

  2. capital has been so abundant for residential real estate, so that

  3. the abundance of capital for residential real estate has been such

  4. such has the abundance of capital been for residential real estate that

  5. therefore, the abundance of capital for residential real estate has meant that

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Correct; The construction so abundant has capital been... that correctly and clearly expresses the relationship between the abundance of capital and the builders' response.