Samiun
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.