Sentence Correction

Framed by traitorous colleagues, Alfred Dreyfus was imprisoned for twelve years before" there was exoneration and his freedom'.
(A) there was exoneration and his freedom
(B) he was to be exonerated with freedom
(C) being exonerated and freed
(D) exoneration and his freedom
(E) being freed, having been exonerated

IMO c

Its no use posting IMO without discussing why you thought what you thought is the answer .
Whats wrong with E

C. Correctly describes the flow of events. He was absolved of whatever crime he committed and he was set free

The and conjunction is usually used to describe events that have no connection with one another

hritik wrote:Framed by traitorous colleagues, Alfred Dreyfus was imprisoned for twelve years before" there was exoneration and his freedom'.
(A) there was exoneration and his freedom
(B) he was to be exonerated with freedom
(C) being exonerated and freed(D) (his) exoneration and his freedom
(E) being freed, having been exonerated

IMO:C

Whats wrong with E

mundasingh123 wrote:Whats wrong with E

Framed by traitorous colleagues, Alfred Dreyfus was imprisoned for twelve years before being freed, having been exonerated

Does it makes sense? I feel the sentence to be incomplete, lacking a conjunction.
Being and having been is not parallel!

By the way, the thank was out of mistake!
Obviously didnt meant to thank you

Regards,
GK

GmatKiss wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:Whats wrong with E

Framed by traitorous colleagues, Alfred Dreyfus was imprisoned for twelve years before being freed, having been exonerated

Does it makes sense? I feel the sentence to be incomplete, lacking a conjunction.
Being and having been is not parallel!

By the way, the thank was out of mistake!
Obviously didnt meant to thank you

Regards,
GK

keep the thank you,Dude . I dont need it to inflate my ego . Less said the better

Does it makes sense? I feel the sentence to be incomplete, lacking a conjunction.
Being and having been is not parallel!

Makes sense to me when i consider it a comma + ing modifier

E is also incorrect because of the timeline of events, "being freed" to "having been exonerated" is awkward. You have to be exonerated first, then freedom.

inittowinit wrote:E is also incorrect because of the timeline of events, "being freed" to "having been exonerated" is awkward. You have to be exonerated first, then freedom.

so thats what having been conveys

That may be true in and may "sound correct", but why choose E when C is more concise and nothing is wrong with it. On the GMAT, answers are consistently narrowed to 2-3 selections that seem correct, it's the small things such as wordiness or inconsistent timeline that set the wrong apart from the right.