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<p>Many communities in my state are forming neighborhood watch programs, for it will deter criminals</p>

<p>a) programs, for it will deter
b) programs, in which it will deter
c) programs that will deter
d) programs for the deterrence of
e) programs being able to deter</p>

<p>C is the answer. I agree that it does sound the best, but I do not see anything grammatically wrong with choice A or D or E.</p>

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<p>A: programs is plural. This means in order for that specific sentence structure to work, it’d have to be:
programs, for they will deter
Even if this was so, I’d still pick C because it’s less wordy.</p>

<p>D: I’m not a crazy grammar guru that can tell you specifically why, but it sounds wordy compared to C.</p>

<p>E. What D said.</p>