Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the alternative that is grammatically correct, concise and best replaces the highlighted part.

Kim Philby was a relatively obscure British journalist after telling his wife he would meet her at a diplomatic party, when he disappeared from Beirut in January 1963.

  1. Kim Philby was a relatively obscure British journalist after telling his wife he would meet her at a diplomatic party, when he disappeared from Beirut in January 1963.

  2. Kim Philby, when he disappreared from Beirut in January 1963, after telling his wife he would meet her at a diplomatic party was a relatively obscure journalist.

  3. When he disappeared from Beirut in January 1963 after telling his wife he would meet her at a diplomatic dinner party, Kim Philby was a relatively onscure journalist.

  4. Kim Philby was a relatively obscure British journalist when he disappeared from Beirut in January 1963 after telling his wife that he would meet her at a diplomatic party.
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Explanation

 The error is in the modifier phrase' when he dissappeared...'. This should be placed after 'Kim Philby was an obscure journalist...'. The original statement implied that he became an obscure journalist after telling his wife  he would meet her at a diplomatic party.

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