Answer:
E). Besides possibly preventing or inhibiting.
Explanation:
As per the question, <u>option E most appropriately revises the underlined phrase as it is both syntactically and semantically appropriate</u>. The other options are either grammatically inappropriate(parallelism error in options A, B, and C(because 'it is singular while 'forms' is plural' that creates a discrepancy) or lexical error(option D conveys an inadequate meaning due to wrong use of 'and' between the two participles). Therefore, <u>option E</u> only conveys the clear, concise, and grammatically appropriate meaning because it appropriately states that 'the health benefits of tea have become a subject to research; besides possible preventing or inhibiting some forms of cancer,....stroke.'
As far as I can tell, this sentence has proper grammar.
"<span>This paragraph does not contain a thesis" is the correct answer. A thesis is a stated opinion about a topic, and this is just simply naming facts and occurrences. </span>
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