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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:Scarcely had the keynote speaker stepped onto the podium when the sudden power outage plunged the auditorium into total darkness, and the audience began murmuring anxiously among themselves.
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Detailed Explanation
The original underlined segment is already grammatically correct. In standard English grammar, negative or semi-negative adverbs like 'Scarcely', 'Hardly', and 'Barely' placed at the beginning of a clause require subject-auxiliary inversion (e.g., 'Scarcely had the speaker stepped...'). Furthermore, they must be correctly paired with the correlative conjunction 'when' (unlike 'No sooner', which takes 'than'). To deepen your understanding of these syntactic rules, you can review the principles of Wikipedia Reference regarding English syntax and inversion.
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