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题库 / Prep2008E2-SC-193
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.
As the honeybee's stinger is heavily barbed, staying where it is inserted, this results in the act of stinging causing
As the heavily barbed stinger of the honeybee stays where it is inserted, with the result that the act of stinging causes
The honeybee's stinger, heavily barbed and staying where it is inserted, results in the fact that the act of stinging causes
The heavily barbed stinger of the honeybee stays where it is inserted, and results in the act of stinging causing
The honeybee's stinger is heavily barbed and stays where it is inserted, with the result that the act of stinging causes
if you have "preposition + NOUN + VERBing", then "VERBing" is just a modifier, and can be dropped without changing the surrounding grammar.
therefore, the sentence should still make sense, in context, if you write it as just "preposition + NOUN", without the "VERBing" modifier.
therefore, the sentence at hand can be reduced to "... results in the act of stinging".
that's incorrect -- the act of stinging is not the result here;
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