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Question
As the honeybee ’s stinger is heavily barbed, staying where it is inserted, this results in the act of stinging causing the bee to sustain a fatal injury.
Option A:
As the honeybee’s stinger is heavily barbed, staying where it is inserted, this results in the act of stinging causing
Option B:
As the heavily barbed stinger of the honeybee stays where it is inserted, with the result that the act of stinging causes
Option C:
The honeybee’s stinger, heavily barbed and staying where it is inserted, results in the fact that the act of stinging causes
Option D:
The heavily barbed stinger of the honeybee stays where it is inserted, and results in the act of stinging causing
Option E:
The honeybee’s stinger is heavily barbed and stays where it is inserted, with the result that the act of stinging causes
Difficulty Level
HardSolution
Option E is the correct answer.
Option Analysis
Concept tested: Parallelism, Modifiers, Construction
A) The usage of the word “This” collapses the sentence structure thereby making it incomplete.
B) Inappropriate usage of the word “with”.
C) Not parallel; “..heavily barbed and staying…”
D) We are talking about the honeybee’s stinger in general. This option only talks about the heavily barbed ones.
E) Correct Answer
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