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Identify the sentence that contains no grammatical, punctuation, or structural errors according to strict prescriptive English syntax governing hyperbaton (inverted word order), negative constraints, and gerundive adjuncts?
  1. Scarcely had the resolution been passed by the committee when, despite his objections, the chairman, having or thought to have veto power, nullified it.
  2. Scarcely had the resolution been passed by the committee when, despite his objections, the chairman, having or being thought to have veto power, nullified it.
  3. Scarcely had the resolution been passed by the committee than, despite his objections, the chairman, having or thought to have had veto power, nullified it.
  4. None of these
Explanation
  • "Scarcely... when" is the correct correlative pair.
  • "Having or being thought to have veto power" maintains correct parallel structure between the two participial phrases.

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