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A little over a decade ago, when Jinko-Solar, a Shanghai-based company, entering the solar business was such a novice that when it visited international trade fairs, all it had was a bare table along with a board with its name scribbled on it.

A. a Shanghai-based company, entering the solar business was such a novice that when it visited international trade fairs, all it had was a bare table along with a board

B. a Shanghai-based company, entered the solar business, it was such a novice that when it visited international trade fairs, all it had was a bare table and a board

C. entered the solar business, the Shanghai-based company was such a novice that when it visited international trade fairs, all it had was a bare table and a board

D. visited international trade fairs, the Shanghai-based company entered the solar business, all it had was a bare table and a board

E. a Shanghai-based company, entered the solar business, and was such a novice that when it visited international trade fairs, all it had was a bare table and a board

Responding to a pm:

Note that the first underlined part ends with a comma:
"A little over a decade ago, when Jinko-Solar,"
"when Jinko-Solar..." needs to be a dependent clause. But we don't have a verb yet. So we know that what will follow is a nonessential modifier.

In option (C),
"... when Jinko-Solar, entered the solar business,..." is not correct. You cannot have a comma between subject and verb.
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can anyone explain to me the details of options B and E
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can anyone explain to me the details of options B and E
Here's the (E) version of the sentence:

A little over a decade ago, when Jinko-Solar, a Shanghai-based company, entered the solar business, and was such a novice that when it visited international trade fairs, all it had was a bare table and a board with its name scribbled on it.

Let's simplify this version. It's basically the following:

when Jinko-Solar .. entered ... and was such a novice that ... all it had was a bare table ...

Notice that this string of words is not a complete sentence. It's just a modifying clause that indicates "when" something happened.

It leaves us asking the question "When Jinko Solar entered the business and was a novice, what happened?"

In other words, the (E) version is not a complete sentence because it does not include an independent clause.

Now, let's consider the (B) version:

A little over a decade ago, when Jinko-Solar, a Shanghai-based company, entered the solar business, it was such a novice that when it visited international trade fairs, all it had was a bare table and a board with its name scribbled on it.

Let's simplify this version:

when Jinko-Solar entered the solar business, it was such a novice that ... all it had was a bare table ...

We see that this version is a complete sentence.

It begins with a modifying clause that says "when" the events occurred, "when Jinko-Solar entered the solar business."

Then, it uses an independent clause to say what occurred at that time, "it was such a novice that ... all it had was a bare table."

So, the (B) version is a correct complete sentence.
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