Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: Despite last minute efforts by the company's design team at improving

(A) at improving it, the gas-guzzling SUV, continuing its decline in the market, production ceasing
not a complete sentence."to improve it" is better than "at improving it" to convey the meaning

(B) at improving it, the gas-guzzling SUV continued its decline in the market, to cease production
"to cease production" is modifying the SUV . now meaning turns out that the suv continued the decline to stop the production,which is wrong. suv can't have such plans .meaning
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