The concept of 'Expletive It.' A 700 level question!!!

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For many travelers, charter vacations often turn out to cost considerably more than they originally seemed.

A] they originally seemed

B] they seemingly would cost originally

C] they originally seem to

D] it seemed originally

E] it originally seemed they would



OA is E. But I did not get why???

The concept of 'Expletive It' is tested here, I don't know what that concept is all about. I got this in Kaplan.

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by GmatKiss » Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:37 am
[email protected] wrote:For many travelers, charter vacations often turn out to cost considerably more than they originally seemed.

A] they originally seemed

B] they seemingly would cost originally

C] they originally seem to

D] it seemed originally

E] it originally seemed they would

Between D and E

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