Confused w/ writing problem

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<p>pg. 659 #10</p>

<p>Just as Ireland has produced many famous writers and the Netherlands an abundance of famous painters, (so Finland has provided a large number of famous architects.)</p>

<p>A) " "</p>

<p>B) Finland provides famous architects, and by large numbers</p>

<p>C) Finland's contribution is to provide famous architects in a large number</p>

<p>D) and so then, for Finland, a large number of famous architects is provided</p>

<p>E) and like them Finland has provided a large number of famous architects</p>

<p>The answer is A...why?</p>

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<p>Well B just sounds terrible, C's parallel structure is messed up [Ireland then what they did, Netherlands then what they did, THEN Finland's contribution is.. yeah that's not right], same thing for D, E sounds stupid. lol.
Idk how to explain it.</p>

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<p>Yeah, A is horrible. But for this question, I would go for one that is least horrible. You know you need something like "has something" and A is the only one.</p>

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<p>idiom.
Just as _______ ,so
If you remove so, it becomes an idiom error.</p>