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

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.

IMO D. E is wordy.

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..."

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 ...

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)

logic

IMO E.

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

So, we can eliminate them.

what is IMO ??

"In my opinion"

OA is E

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