GMAT Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: Making things even more difficult has been general market inactivity l

Making things even moredifficult has been general market inactivity lately, if not paralysis, which has provided little in the way of pricing guidance.

A) has been general market inactivity lately, if notparalysis, which has provided

B)there is general market inactivity, if not paralysis, lately it has provided
--> wordy and awkward.

C)general market inactivity, if not paralysis, has lately provided
--> two adjectivesdifficult general are not properly joined.

D) lately, eneral
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