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.
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

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct option to this question is E (The honeybee’s stinger is heavily barbed and stays where it is inserted, with the result that the act of stinging causes)

Explanation:

This is the right answer because of Parallelism. A, C, and D are obviously wrong choices because of the use of "result in", which is not idiomatic in its use.

In option B, the word "with" was not used appropriately.

In Option C, using the "heavily barbed and staying..." does not align with the concept of parallelism.  

Option D tries to single out only heavily barbed bees, while the sentence was generally emphasizing on honeybee's stinger.