The playing of some heavy metal guitarists is rather skillfully, but

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The playing of some heavy metal guitarists is rather skillfully, but, ironically, so loudly  that a listener
may have difficulty appreciating it.

A. The playing of some heavy metal guitarists is rather skillfully, but, ironically, so loudly

B. Some guitarists, when playing heavy metal, do so rather skillfully but, ironically, so loudly

C. When playing, heavy metal guitarists are, in some cases, rather skillful, but, ironically, it is so loudly

D. In the cases of some heavy metal guitarists, when they play it, it is rather skillful, but, ironically, so loud

E. Some guitarists who play heavy metal are rather skillful, but, ironically, so loudly

yashikaaggarwal · Answer

Guitarists are not heavy metal or is made up of one. So heavy metal is wrong adjective for the noun guitarists. We can directly eliminate A, C and D

Among B and E, 
Let say E is correct,  Some guitarists who play heavy metal are rather skillful, but, ironically, so loudly that a listener may have difficulty appreciating it.

The guitarists who play heavy metal music, play that loudly enough that listeners may have difficulty in Appreciating their work. But when the work happened? They say the guitarists who play heavy metal but verb is not in action to determine the consistency of guitarists music and listeners distortment so E can't be the answer. 
Answer is B

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sagarsoni · Answer

Option E is wrong because:

Some guitarists  who play heavy metal  are rather skillful, but, ironically, so loudly

The underline potion is adjective, so if you read the sentence without adjective it says that guitarists are skillful and loudly that is not the intended meaning of the sentence.

If, similarly look at option B by removing the fluff . It clearly says that "the guitarists action (do so) is so skillful and loudly "which clearly removes the error present in option E.

massan · Answer

The playing of some heavy metal guitarists is rather skillfully, but, ironically, so loudly that a listener
may have difficulty appreciating it.

C. When playing, heavy metal guitarists are, in some cases, rather skillful, but, ironically, it is so loudly
E. Some guitarists who play heavy metal are rather skillful, but, ironically, so loudly
- parallelism broken (C: skillful/ it is so loudly, D: skillful/loudly)

A. The playing of some heavy metal guitarists is rather skillfully, but, ironically, so loudly
- adverb don't match. is rather skillfully should be is rather skillful instead, on top of other things.

D. In the cases of some heavy metal guitarists, when they play it, it is rather skillful, but, ironically, so loud
let's clarify this one. 
In the case of some heavy metal guitarists(when they play it), it is rather skillful but so loud...what? what is it, and what's loud? 
"when they play it should" lead us to "it" referring "guitar" which has not been mentioned. That means guitar itself is skillful?
logically, it sounds like to me that "D" is trying to say that cases are loud, but it's described as 'it', not even they/them.

B. Some guitarists, when playing heavy metal, do so rather skillfully but, ironically, so loudly
is only choice left after PoE.

The playing of some heavy metal guitarists is rather skillfully, but

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