GMAT Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: Many children of illegal immigrants grow up having to keep their statu

Many children of illegal immigrants grow up having to keep their status a secret, heavy psychological burden.

A. a secret, heavy
B. a secret and a heavy
C. a secret, a heavy
D. secret, with a
E. secret, which is a


In the abov question both C and E are referring to 'secret'

In C Heavy phychological burden is a noun phrase and noun phrase modifies a noun only and not verb. So t refers to secret.
In E which refers to the noun before comma and so it refers to secret.

While C and E both convey same
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