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Nearly unrivaled in their biological diversity, coral reefs provide 30 Oct 2022, 05:05
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Nearly unrivaled in their biological diversity, coral reefs provide a host of benefits that includes the supply of protein for people, protecting shorelines, and they contain biochemical sources for new life-saving medicines.

A. coral reefs provide a host of benefits that includes the supply of protein for people, protecting shorelines,
B. coral reefs provide a host of benefits: they supply people with protein, they protect the shorelines,
C. coral reefs provide a host of benefits that include supplying protein for people, as well as shoreline protection,
D. a coral reef provides a host of benefits; they supply protein for people, the protecting of shorelines,
E. a coral reef provides a host of benefits, including protein for people, protecting shorelines,

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I just wanted to understand whether includes is correct or include ?

a host of benefits that includes. Here that refers to benefits or that jumps over Prepositional Phrase and modifies a host ?

If that refers to benefits then include is correct.
If that refers to a host then includes is correct

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It depends on whether you are referring to the group as a whole or its members.

A swarm of bees that flies as a unit ... ('that' refers to 'a swarm of bees')
A swarm of bees that collect nectar from flowers ...('that' refers to 'bees')

Here what we have are examples of benefits so we will do well to use 'a host of benefits that include A, B and C ...)

There is fair bit of flexibility on the usage here so I would avoid eliminating on the basis of this distinction.
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