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G's hypothesis which is that X happens...

--> excessively wordy (and contains a misuse


of "which", as you pointed out above)
G's hypothesis that X happens... --> better
i couldn't believe my friend's story that was about his weekend in Vegas -->
unnecessarily wordy
i couldn't believe my friend's story about his weekend in Vegas --> better
-in both (d) and (e), "there is..." is problematic, from the standpoint of meaning.
consider the difference between the following two sentences:
first-aid supplies are in the drawer --> we already know that there are first-aid supplies;
the point is to specify where they are located.
there are first-aid supplies in the drawer --> the point is to specify theexistence of the
first-aid supplies (their location is an afterthought).

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