Sentence Correction

The lawyer for the defense charged that she suspected the police of having illegally taped her confidential conversations with her client and then used
the information obtained to find evidence supporting their murder charges.

(A) used the information obtained to find evidence supporting
(B) used such information as they obtained to find evidence supporting
(C) used the information they had obtained to find evidence that would support
(D) of using the information they had obtained to find evidence that would support
(E) of using such information as they obtained to find evidence that would be supportive of

That's my point, I can be wrong.

We should think about a parallelism then: of having / of using.
so eliminate A,B,C
What disturbs me is the "they" which can be confusing...
E because "would" cannot go with "had obtained"

E is wrong because "such" + noun + that + clause

Thanks for the idiom.
Do you agree with me on the parallelism?

indeed and D is the answer

good luck

D uses past perfect which is necessary in this sentence.......

But doest the OA sound wierd ??

".......she suspected the police of having illegally taped her confidential conversations with her client and then of using the information they had obtained ...."

AS IF SHE SUSPECTED TWICE!!!! THE USE OF THEN IS OKAY?????

WHATS WRONG WITH THIS ???

"......she suspected the police of having illegally taped her conversation and then used the information obtained ..." ??

ANYBODY PLEASE HELP!!!

But doest the OA sound wierd ??

Why does the OA sounds wierd to you?? its perfect

We should think about a parallelism then: of having / of using.
so eliminate A,B,C
What disturbs me is the "they" which can be confusing...
E because "would" cannot go with "had obtained"

As pointed by pepeprepa:

we can eliminate A,B and C based on parallelism

left with D and E

why D is correct:

D) of using the information they had obtained to find evidence that would support

Of using is parallel, and "they" clearly refers to Police(plural). because the other noun(lawyer) has to be singular. So they is very clear.

AS IF SHE SUSPECTED TWICE!!!! THE USE OF THEN IS OKAY?????

he suspected the police of X and of Y

X and Y have to parallel.


As far as the meaning is concerned,she suspected once.

he suspected the police of having taped her ,who will then use that information.

Did you got me??

She suspected only and only once

Hope this helps

Karan

NOOOO!!! I am still not clear!!

What is the confusion now?

Karan,

the use of "then" is bothering me.
See the sentence reads like this : she suspected police of having done X and then she suspected police of using Y - two consecutive events ???
NO!!

She suspected police of stealing the info and using the info, they had obtained!!

I agree that a past particle HAD is required ....so we could eliminate everyone but C and D.

Now, Between C and D, Y NOT C????? could you please explain.[/i]

"then" is used to signify the sequence of events.

1st stealing info

and then

(2nd) using that info

its simple!

IMO C

I may be wrong but I think the parallelism is between suspected and used because who used the information was her not the police.

Rashmi1804 wrote:Karan,

the use of "then" is bothering me.
See the sentence reads like this : she suspected police of having done X and then she suspected police of using Y - two consecutive events ???
NO!!

She suspected police of stealing the info and using the info, they had obtained!!

I agree that a past particle HAD is required ....so we could eliminate everyone but C and D.

Now, Between C and D, Y NOT C????? could you please explain.[/i]

I agree with you. I was also very confused between C and D. C means, she suspected only once, and using the informantion is just a follow-up action of taping the line. However, D means, she suspected twice. Finally, I selected D based on parallelism, but I don't have any solid reasoning.