Multiple choice

Although many Whites, noting the presence of some Blacks in the middle class, think that the time for enforcing civil rights measures is past, Blacks generally are aware that the figures for average income and unemployment show as wide of a radical discrepancy as ever.

  1. that the figures for average income and unemployment show as wide of

  2. that average-income and unemployment figures show as wide

  3. that the average-income and unemployment figures are showing as wide of

  4. of average-income and unemployment figures that show as wide of

  5. of figures for average income and unemployment showing as wide
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The original phrasing is wordy and awkward. Option B simplifies the structure by using 'average-income and unemployment figures' as the subject, which is more concise and clear.

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