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?
- Scarcely had the resolution been passed by the committee when, despite his objections, the chairman, having or thought to have veto power, nullified it.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
- Scarcely had the resolution been passed by the committee when, despite his objections, the chairman, having or thought to have veto power, nullified it.
- 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.
- 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.
- None of these
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
- Battology / tenebrous
- Perissology / anfractuous
- Tautology / pellucid
- None of these
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
- Would not have been transpired
- Would not have transpired
- Will not have transpired
- None of these