Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

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.