The intricate structure of the compound insect eye, having hundreds of

The intricate structure of the compound insect eye, having hundreds of miniature eyes called ommatidia, help explain why scientists have assumed that it evolved independently of the vertebrate eye.

Lets analyze each & every part of the sentence.

* Subject Verb Agreement

[ "intricate structure - help" ; "scientists - have assumed" ; "it - evolved"]
- All subjects have verb pair but in "intricate structure - help" singular subject "Intricate" has plural verb " help". Incorrect.

* Tense Form

[ Present & Past Tense]
- Used tense conveys logical intended meaning. Correct.

* If-then Condition

- not used

* Subjunctive Verb

- not used

* Pronoun

[ "it"]
- pronoun "it" has logical antecedent "compound insect eye". Correct.

* Modifier

[ "having hundreds of miniature eyes called ommatidia" modifies "The intricate structure of the compound insect eye"]
- As per the sentence structure,"having hundreds of miniature eyes called ommatidia" modifies the whole clause "The intricate structure of the compound insect eye" which makes illogical.
"having hundreds of miniature eyes called ommatidia" should modify only "compound insect eye". Incorrect.

* Parallelism

- not used

* Comparison

- not used

* Idioms

- seems okay.

While analyzing the whole sentence, only Subject Verb agreement & Modifier error are identified.

(A) having hundreds of miniature eyes called ommatidia, help explain why scientists have assumed that it

1. Subject Verb Agreement error; "help" is plural verb for the singular subject " intricate structure"
2. Modifier error ; "having hundreds of miniature eyes called ommatidia" modifying the whole clause.

- Incorrect.

(B) having hundreds of miniature eyes that are called ommatidia, helps explain why scientists have assumed that they

1. Modifier error
2. Pronoun error; "they" is plural and antecedent is singular.

- Incorrect

(C) with its hundreds of miniature eyes that are called ommatidia, helps explain scientists' assuming that they

- Pronoun error; "they" is plural and antecedent is singular.

- Incorrect

(D) with its hundreds of miniature eyes called ommatidia, help explain scientists' assuming that it

- Subject verb pair agreement error.

- Incorrect.

(E) with its hundreds of miniature eyes called ommatidia, helps explain why scientists have assumed that it

- it removes the modifying & pronoun error.

- Correct


IMO(E)