Sentence Correction

wiliam sydney potter, who began writing while he was in prison for embazzlement, was seeking anonymity when he chose the psudonym O.Henry.

a)was seeking anonymity when he chose
b)was seeking that he might be anonymous when he chose
c)was seeking anonymity and therefore chose
d)sought anonymity in the choosing of
e)sought to be anonymous in that he chose

AJWILL wrote:wiliam sydney potter, who began writing while he was in prison for embazzlement, was seeking anonymity when he chose the psudonym O.Henry.

a)was seeking anonymity when he chose
b)was seeking that he might be anonymous when he chose
c)was seeking anonymity and therefore chose
d)sought anonymity in the choosing of
e)sought to be anonymous in that he chose

I think C is correct because it tells why potter chose the pseudonym.

AJWILL wrote:wiliam sydney potter, who began writing while he was in prison for embazzlement, was seeking anonymity when he chose the psudonym O.Henry.

a)was seeking anonymity when he chose
b)was seeking that he might be anonymous when he chose
c)was seeking anonymity and therefore chose
d)sought anonymity in the choosing of
e)sought to be anonymous in that he chose

Original sentence: WAS SEEKING and CHOSE are two activities - He chose the psudonym while he was seeking anonymity

A/B - use of WHEN suggests Potter was seeking anonymity only when he was chosing psudonym (in other words, use of when implies CHOSE and SEEK happened at the same time)

D - chose is part of prep phrase and therefore suggests that CHOSE and SEEK happened at the same time. Moreover, IMO use of IN THE CHOSING suggests Potter did not have direct involvement in chosing his psudonym (ideal would have been to use IN CHOSING)

E - TO BE suggests FUTURE action (Potter wanted to become anonymous sometime in future)

Only C conveys the origina meaning and also use simple past for CHOSE and past continuous for SOUGHT

I Picked C

IMO A is the correct answer.

IMO - C

Because it clearly tells the purpose

It's A .

option C is wrong cause of " For" ( seeking for .. ) wrong usage

HTH

OA A

can experts come to our rescue please??