Confusion about Modifiers, and commas separating Clauses

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In September 1973, The Story Untold, Arthur Medston's screenplay about the covert lives of politicians in Washington sold to Hollywood producers and it was a transaction that alarmed those officials afraid that their secrets would be revealed.


(A) Washington sold to Hollywood producers and it was

(B) Washington, which sold to Hollywood producers, was

(C)Washington, was sold to Hollywood producers,

(D)Washington was sold to Hollywood producers, being

(E)Washington, sold to Hollywood producers, and was


CORRECT ANS: C

Got confused with the number of modifiers in this sentence, plus with the comma splice rule.

How can option C connect the last independent clause without a comma + conjunction?

i chose E

P.S: This was taken from KNEWTON PREP
Source: — Sentence Correction |

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by Jim@StratusPrep » Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:52 am
Eis in correct because you would need to identify a subject in the last clause, this creates a fragment. C gives you a non- essential clause, which can be a fragment.
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by karthikgmat » Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:06 am
Yes as Jim said, in E there is no subject but object and verb are present.

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