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by ska7945 » Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:03 am
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.

A. As the honeybee’s stinger is heavily barbed, staying where it is inserted, this results in the act of stinging causing

B. As the heavily barbed stinger of the honeybee stays where it is inserted, with the result that the act of stinging causes

C. The honeybee’s stinger, heavily barbed and staying where it is inserted, results in the fact that the act of stinging causes

D. The heavily barbed stinger of the honeybee stays where it is inserted, and results in the act of stinging causing

E. The honeybee’s stinger is heavily barbed and stays where it is inserted, with the result that the act of stinging causes
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by ska7945 » Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:05 am
does anybody know oa for this?
i found couple oas on the web.
its confusing. between c, d, e, what is the oa?
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by raijonney » Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:43 am
I dont know the OA but for me it is E

what causes/is causing the bee to sustain a fatal injury?

the statement is a reason of what causes , and not what is still causing. so eliminate A and D

B - as the..., with the... is incorrect, it could have been as the..., the act of... so eliminate B

C - the honeybee's stinger,.......,results in the fact... is incorrect, plus it is wordy and awkward

so we are left with E
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by kris610 » Sun Oct 05, 2008 4:19 pm
I go with E.

I guess some people might be confused between D and E.

But D implies "The heavily barbed stinger" results in something, which is not the case.
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by stop@800 » Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:49 am
"act of stinging causing" is awkward
so AD out

B
its a run on sentence.

C
stinger results in the fact that the act of stinging
stinger results in the fact is wrong

so E IMO is the best choice
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by raunekk » Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:48 am
imo:E
A. As the honeybee’s stinger is heavily barbed, staying where it is inserted, this results in the act of stinging causing

modifier error

B. As the heavily barbed stinger of the honeybee stays where it is inserted, with the result that the act of stinging causes

As introduces a causation clause so needs

C. The honeybee’s stinger, heavily barbed and staying where it is inserted, results in the fact that the act of stinging causes

not parallel

D. The heavily barbed stinger of the honeybee stays where it is inserted, and results in the act of stinging causing

as if "heavily barbed stinger " causes "the bee to sustain a fatal injury."



E. The honeybee’s stinger is heavily barbed and stays where it is inserted, with the result that the act of stinging causes
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Re: honeybee

by asavari » Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:05 am
ska7945 wrote: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.

A. As the honeybee’s stinger is heavily barbed, staying where it is inserted, this results in the act of stinging causing

B. As the heavily barbed stinger of the honeybee stays where it is inserted, with the result that the act of stinging causes

C. The honeybee’s stinger, heavily barbed and staying where it is inserted, results in the fact that the act of stinging causes

D. The heavily barbed stinger of the honeybee stays where it is inserted, and results in the act of stinging causing

E. The honeybee’s stinger is heavily barbed and stays where it is inserted, with the result that the act of stinging causes
After searching so much on google I found this in one of the NYTimes articles

https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.h ... gewanted=2
In 4th paragraph similar kind of sentence is there..

IMO, E sounds correct, any other views?
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by Bidisha800 » Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:06 pm
(E)
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by sparsh.21 » Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:05 am
Please post the OA
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by Onell » Thu Dec 02, 2010 7:18 pm
asavari wrote:
ska7945 wrote: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.

A. As the honeybee�s stinger is heavily barbed, staying where it is inserted, this results in the act of stinging causing

B. As the heavily barbed stinger of the honeybee stays where it is inserted, with the result that the act of stinging causes

C. The honeybee�s stinger, heavily barbed and staying where it is inserted, results in the fact that the act of stinging causes

D. The heavily barbed stinger of the honeybee stays where it is inserted, and results in the act of stinging causing

E. The honeybee�s stinger is heavily barbed and stays where it is inserted, with the result that the act of stinging causes
After searching so much on google I found this in one of the NYTimes articles

https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.h ... gewanted=2
In 4th paragraph similar kind of sentence is there..

IMO, E sounds correct, any other views?

Hi ,
Just a quick question. In option E with the result that is followed by a subordinate clause....
I was just wondering if with the result acts as subordinating conjunction?

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by e-GMAT » Sat Dec 04, 2010 3:21 pm
In this sentence "that" acts as the marker for the dependent clause. "with the result" is not really a subordinating conjunction. It acts as a prepositional phrase.
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