So dogged were Frances Perkins

[redable]

So dogged were Frances Perkins' investigations of the garment industry, and her lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent, Alfred E. Smith and Franklin D. Roosevelt recruited Perkins to work within the government, rather than as a social worker.
A. and her lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent,
B. and lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent, so that
C. her lobbying for wage and hour reform persistent, that
D. lobbying for wage and hour reform was so persistent,
E. so persistent her lobbying for wage and hour reform, that

OA:E

I seems to me that no one else has asked this question before.
I really want to point out my questions, but totally cannot understand the sentence structure ...
so, sorry for asking a cursory question:
why the answer is E?

Thanks in advance :)

BTW, the sentence beneath seems the orginal source:
NYtimes November 14, 1993
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.h ... A965958260
"So dogged were her investigations of the garment industry, and so persistent her lobbying for wage and hour reform, that she was first recruited by Gov. Al Smith, and later by Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, to work within New York State government, rather than against it."

[danielpatinkin]

This SC problem is primarily testing parallelism. Remember... any time you see the word "and" there is a parallel structure. The parallel structure here is:

So [adjective] were Frances Perkins' [noun phrase]...

If we analyze each answer choice, we see how A through D violate that parallel structure:
A. and her [noun phrase] was [adjective],
THIS CHOICE IS WRONG BECAUSE THE NOUN PHRASE AND ADJECTIVE ARE SWAPPED, BECAUSE IT IS MISSING THE WORD "SO", AND BECAUSE IT IS MISSING THE RELATIVE PRONOUN "THAT", WHICH INTRODUCES THE FOLLOWING SUBORDINATE CLAUSE.

B. and [noun phrase] was [adjective], so that
THIS CHOICE IS WRONG BECAUSE THE NOUN PHRASE AND ADJECTIVE ARE SWAPPED AND BECAUSE THE WORD "SO" IS IN THE WRONG PLACE, BREAKING PARALLELISM.

C. her [noun phrase] [adjective], that
THIS CHOICE IS WRONG BECAUSE THE NOUN PHRASE AND ADJECTIVE ARE SWAPPED AND BECAUSE IT IS MISSING THE WORD "SO".

D. [noun phrase] was so [adjective]
THIS CHOICE IS WRONG BECAUSE THE NOUN PHRASE AND ADJECTIVE ARE SWAPPED AND BECAUSE IT IS MISSING THE RELATIVE PRONOUN "THAT", WHICH INTRODUCES THE FOLLOWING SUBORDINATE CLAUSE.

E. so [adjective] her [noun phrase], that
CORRECT. THIS IS THE PROPER PARALLEL STRUCTURE. IT ALSO PROPERLY INCLUDES THE WORD "THAT" TO INTRODUCE THE FOLLOWING SUBORDINATE CLAUSE. HOWEVER, IN MY OPINION, THE WORD "AND" SHOULD BEGIN THIS ANSWER CHOICE. I THINK IT MAY HAVE BEEN MISTAKENLY EXCLUDED. NONETHELESS, THIS IS THE BEST CHOICE.

I hope that helps!

- Dan P

[redable]

it is a great help!
thanks for accurate explantion :)

[tim]

glad to hear it!

[JiakangH700]

the explanation helps, thanks

[Sage Pearce-Higgins]