1.Students in the metropolitan school district are lacking so much in math skills as to be difficult to absorb into a city's economy becoming ever more dependent on information-based industries.
2.Students in the metropolitan school district are so lacking in math skills as to be difficult to absorb into a city's economy becoming ever more dependent on information-based industries.
ETS says: First one is incorrect ,but second one is correct.... but I dont see any difference.. grammatically both are fine... Can someone highlight the issue with the first one ?
Top answer
Hi, Both seem OK to me. #2 seems rather more stylish. Clive
— Clive
Hi, Both seem OK to me.
#2 seems rather more stylish.
Clive
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