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by henryhenry » Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:00 pm
Any help on this GMATPREP questions. Please provide explanation for your answers.
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As the honeybee's stinger is heavily barbed,stay where it is inserted,this results in the act of stinging causing the bee to sustain a fatal injury.

b) As the heavily 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 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 rahulakacyrus » Sun Feb 01, 2009 2:51 am
As the honeybee's stinger is heavily barbed,stay where it is inserted,this results in the act of stinging causing the bee to sustain a fatal injury.

b) As the heavily 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 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

"result that" is not correct. "result in" is correct.
B and E eliminated.

"stinger.....stays" is correct thus A and C are eliminated

IMO: D
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by Morgoth » Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:54 am
rahulakacyrus wrote:As the honeybee's stinger is heavily barbed,stay where it is inserted,this results in the act of stinging causing the bee to sustain a fatal injury.

b) As the heavily 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 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

"result that" is not correct. "result in" is correct.
B and E eliminated.

"stinger.....stays" is correct thus A and C are eliminated

IMO: D

Dont you think "stinging causing" is wrong? it should be stinging causes.

What do you think about option E, i think its better than D.
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by umaa » Sun Feb 01, 2009 12:44 pm
IMO D. E is wordy.
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by rahulakacyrus » Sun Feb 01, 2009 2:49 pm

Dont you think "stinging causing" is wrong? it should be stinging causes.

What do you think about option E, i think its better than D.

E has a wordy phase "result that..."
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by dimonya » Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:14 pm
Break down the sentence as follows :

...stinger(subject, singular)... stays( action, singular, present tense)....causes( action,singular, present tense)


b and c are just ridiculous , and it should be obvious to everyone

d tense mismatch : stays (present tense) , causing (present continuous)

e is correct .. tenses match ...
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by dimonya » Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:19 pm
the fact the stinger stings does not cause the bee to sustain fatal injury; it is the fact that it stays which causes fatal injury (hence the clarification that it is barbed)

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by James_83 » Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:30 pm
IMO E.

Moreover, in B & D, "it" is ambiguos and in general, it should be stinger.

So, we can eliminate them.
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by dimonya » Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:36 pm
what is IMO ?? :)
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by umaa » Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:42 pm
"In my opinion"
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by henryhenry » Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:08 am
OA is E
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by casfguy » Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:41 pm
a)As the honeybee's stinger is heavily barbed,stay where it is inserted,this results in the act of stinging causing

b) As the heavily 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 stinging causes.

d)The heavily barbed stinger of the honeybee stays where it is inserted,and results in the act of stinging causing -> stinging is causing result, not that stinging and results are parallel.

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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