Sold over the counter

[ahmed_waqaz]

Sold over the counter at the turn of the century, the government now prohibits the sale of cocainee derivatives.

(a) Sold over the counter at the turn of the century
(b) While sold over the counter at the turn of the century
(c) Being sold over the counter at the turn of the century
(d) Although they were selling them over the counter at the turn of the century
(e) Although they were sold over the counter at the turn of the century

[mbawannabe]

Modifier should be working on 'the government' not on 'cocaine derivatives'...

A, B, C all seems to be working on cocaine derivatives. So, they are out.

'they' in D seems to be referring to government.

E.

[meghago]

Imho E

[tweety32]

choice D. Not the best way to write a sentence, but I am choosing by POE

'they' in E seems to refer to govt.

[MarsAlien]

Imo E

[DJValentino]

Agree with E.

[mr_sriramesh]

I would go with D. Everything else seem to have misplaced pronoun. What is Official Answer

[sandeep_142]

E should be it

[wudy]

Sold over the counter at the turn of the century, the government now prohibits the sale of cocainee derivatives.

(a) Sold over the counter at the turn of the century
(b) While sold over the counter at the turn of the century
(c) Being sold over the counter at the turn of the century
(d) Although they were selling them over the counter at the turn of the century
(e) Although they were sold over the counter at the turn of the century

Vote E

[runjhun]

Think E. Official Answer please