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I understand that option C is incorrect. However, I can't find good reasoning as to why "viewed as potentially threatening" is incorrect.

I think it's because "threatening" becomes a verb here but I'm not sure. Can someone shed a light into the grammar of option C and option D. Thanks !
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I understand that option C is incorrect. However, I can't find good reasoning as to why "viewed as potentially threatening" is incorrect.

I think it's because "threatening" becomes a verb here but I'm not sure. Can someone shed a light into the grammar of option C and option D. Thanks !

Its my understanding that "potentially threatening" is incomplete. "Potentially" here is an adverb modifying the adjective "threatening", which in turn should modify a noun. Thats not the case in C and hence the usage is incorrect. For the same reason, B is also incorrect.

Honestly speaking, I couldn't find anything wrong in D. I selected E because it conveyed the same meaning and was more concise.

Took me 2:30 mins cos of confusion b/w D and E (purely a diction and style issue in the end).
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