SC---Whereas the honeybee’s stinger is heavily barbed...

[aflaamM589]

So it means it is not in this case.
the yellow jacket has a smooth stinger, thus allowing it to be pulled out and used
allowing demonstrates further how YJ has a smooth stinger.
Just clearing it out for my peers.
: )

Further, Isn't A's construction itself faulty?
Whereas [complete sentence], complete sentence

second part is not a complete sentence (because...)

Thanks in advance.

[RonPurewal]

Isn't A's construction itself faulty?
Whereas [complete sentence], complete sentence

second part is not a complete sentence (because...)

nah. in that choice, the second part is built as "because [sentence], [sentence]" -- which is itself a sentence.

of course, the simple fact that the construction of that choice is so confusing is a problem in itself! remember, the correct answers are good writing -- they should be simple, clear, and easy to understand.

[RonPurewal]

from a big-picture standpoint, it's also easy to knock off at least 2-3 answers just by considering the fact that the 2 big pieces of the sentence should look like each other.

While
the honeybee's stinger is xxxxx...,
the yellow jacket's stinger is yyyyy

if there's a choice that does this, then you can kill all the choices that don't do it.

[aflaamM589]

Thank you very much for your response.

Is then therefore in B also an error of redundacy?

[RonPurewal]

no.
here, "then" indicates time sequence; "therefore" indicates logical implication.

...but, wow, that part is so terribly written that you shouldn't have any issues eliminating it.

[aflaamM589]

...but, wow, that part is so terribly written that you shouldn't have any issues eliminating it.

yes, in retrospect.
Thank you for your response
Have a cheerful weekend

[RonPurewal]

you're welcome.

[sri balaji143]

you're welcome.

Ron,

Thank you for the great explanations.

In E, is 'Comma+thus+ING' correct? I have seen you using thus in another style (salvage) - I met with an accident and thus I am late- but here 'comma+thus+ING' dosent seem correct. I have seen sentences that use 'Comma+thus'. We use 'ING' for instantaneous, contemperneous and unavoidable situations and so using 'thus + ING' will be redundant right? Its something like 'free gift' or 'revert back'

In A and also E, 'able to' is used. If 'Verbed' after able to doesnt not describe the quality, then we will not use able to+VerbED right? I have seen you using 'Sound is able to shatter glass' (Sound could actually do something), 'the rate that trees are able to grow'(this wont work because trees dont sow seeds on the ground and grow rate ). Is this the same logic we use here?

Sorry for asking too many questions,

Thanks in advance

[RonPurewal]

In E, is 'Comma+thus+ING' correct?

^^ that's problematic for the reasons you mentioned, but also for more basic reasons.

remember, in "comma + __ing" constructions, the previous subject has to make sense as the person/thing most directly responsible for the "__ing" action.
e.g., I dropped the bags onto the floor, scaring the dogs. —> i was most directly responsible for scaring the dogs (even though it was the action, and not i myself, that ultimately scared them).

in this sentence, the yellow jacket itself is not "allowing" anything, so the comma+__ing construction is also nonsense on that level (in addition to being nonsense for the reason you mentioned).

[RonPurewal]

In A and also E, 'able to' is used. If 'Verbed' after able to doesnt not describe the quality, then we will not use able to+VerbED right? I have seen you using 'Sound is able to shatter glass' (Sound could actually do something), 'the rate that trees are able to grow'(this wont work because trees dont sow seeds on the ground and grow rate ). Is this the same logic we use here?

that's a valid observation, yeah.

also, don't forget that this test is MULTIPLE-CHOICE!
when you see that kind of thing in some choices, and you see "...CAN be pulled out" in OTHER choices, it should be quite obvious that "can" is objectively better, and that "...is able to" is objectively worse.

you're doing that, right? making RELATIVE JUDGMENTS?
(if you're doing SC exclusively by trying to eliminate individual choices, then, you're making SC about a thousand times harder than it actually is)

[sri balaji143]

In A and also E, 'able to' is used. If 'Verbed' after able to doesnt not describe the quality, then we will not use able to+VerbED right? I have seen you using 'Sound is able to shatter glass' (Sound could actually do something), 'the rate that trees are able to grow'(this wont work because trees dont sow seeds on the ground and grow rate ). Is this the same logic we use here?

that's a valid observation, yeah.

also, don't forget that this test is MULTIPLE-CHOICE!
when you see that kind of thing in some choices, and you see "...CAN be pulled out" in OTHER choices, it should be quite obvious that "can" is objectively better, and that "...is able to" is objectively worse.

you're doing that, right? making RELATIVE JUDGMENTS?
(if you're doing SC exclusively by trying to eliminate individual choices, then, you're making SC about a thousand times harder than it actually is)

Reply at 5:50 AM?! You are legendary!!!!
Thanks a ton.

[RonPurewal]

i wrote that at 3:50 a.m. my time, actually.
but, anything you might assume about when i'm awake/asleep will definitely be wrong.