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The steel industry has changed radically over the last two decades, as large, integrated companies such as Bethlehem Steel once conducted operations from mining at one end of the process to shipping at the other have greatly downsized, or in some cases shut down altogether.
Option A:
as large, integrated companies such as Bethlehem Steel
Option B:
as large, integrated companies, such as Bethlehem Steel, that
Option C:
with large, integrated companies, such as Bethlehem Steel, that
Option D:
while large, integrated companies, such as Bethlehem Steel, that
Option E:
and large, integrated companies such as Bethlehem Steel
Difficulty Level
MediumSolution
Option B is the correct answer.
Option Analysis
Concept tested: Construction, Comparison.
A) Sentence fragment; Bethlehem steel once conducted….have greatly downsized.
B) Correct Answer
C) Inappropriate usage of the word “with”
D) Inappropriate usage of the word “while”
E) Sentence fragment. The conjunction “And” is unnecessary
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