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In the following complex sentence, identify the option that provides the most grammatically accurate, cohesive, and stylistically improved reordering and restructuring of the underlined segment:"Seldom the board of directors had faced such an intense shareholder revolt, nor they anticipated the swift coalition formed by the minority institutional investors to challenge the executive compensation policy."
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Detailed Explanation
The correct option is (a). The original sentence contains two major grammatical errors concerning standard English syntax. First, when a negative or restrictive adverb like 'seldom' is placed at the beginning of a clause for rhetorical emphasis, it requires mandatory Wikipedia Reference—meaning the auxiliary verb ("had") must precede the subject ("the board of directors"). Second, the correlative negative coordination introduced by 'nor' also requires subject-auxiliary inversion in the subsequent clause ("nor did they anticipate"). Option (a) correctly applies both inversions and maintains appropriate tense consistency.
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