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by ronnie1985 » Tue May 22, 2012 7:32 am
A recording system was so secretly installed and operated in the Kennedy Oval
Office that even Theodore C. Sorensen, the White House counsel, did not know it
existed.
(A) A recording system was so secretly installed and operated in the Kennedy
Oval Office that
(B) So secret was a recording system installation and operation in the Kennedy
Oval Office
(C) It was so secret that a recording system was installed and operated in the
Kennedy Oval Office
(D) A recording system that was so secretly installed and operated in the Kennedy
Oval Office
(E) Installed and operated so secretly in the Kennedy Oval Office was a recording
system that

IMO [spoiler](E)[/spoiler]

Pleaase discuss..OA not provided
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by thestartupguy » Tue May 22, 2012 10:15 am
IMO A
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by agarwalva » Tue May 22, 2012 11:23 am
ronnie1985 wrote:A recording system was so secretly installed and operated in the Kennedy Oval Office that even Theodore C. Sorensen, the White House counsel, did not know it
existed.
(A) A recording system was so secretly installed and operated in the Kennedy Oval Office that
(B) So secret was a recording system installation and operation in the Kennedy
Oval Office
(C) It was so secret that a recording system was installed and operated in the
Kennedy Oval Office
(D) A recording system that was so secretly installed and operated in the Kennedy
Oval Office
(E) Installed and operated so secretly in the Kennedy Oval Office was a recording
system that

IMO [spoiler](E)[/spoiler]

Pleaase discuss..OA not provided
IMO A.. I checked other posts OA A

so adjective that.. required here
Also we need recording system as subject .. "It" needs a referent
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Tue May 22, 2012 2:20 pm
A is fine as is.

B changes to "...was a recording system installation and operation", which is awkward.

C "It was so secret..." is awkward, and we need a conjunction (like "that") at the end to connect to the rest of the sentence.

D is messy all around. The easiest way to eliminate it is the lack of a conjunction at the end (as in C)

E moves the placement of "so secretly" to after "installed and operated", which I think distorts the meaning.

In A, it's clear that "so secretly" modifies both "installed and operated", whereas E could be read to indicate that it was only the operation that was so secret.
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