When deprived of carbohydrates, its preferred fuel, the body is forced

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When deprived of carbohydrates, its preferred fuel, the body is forced to burn fats and protein for energy, thus causing  the formation of fatigue inducing toxins.

(A) When deprived of carbohydrates, its preferred fuel, the body is forced to burn fats and protein for energy, thus causing

(B) When deprived of carbohydrates, which are the body’s preferred fuel, it is thus forced to burn fats and protein for energy, which causes

(C) When deprived of its preferred fuel, which are carbohydrates, the body is forced to burn fats and protein for energy, and thus causes

(D)The body is forced to burn fats and protein for energy when deprived of carbohydrates, its preferred fuel, which thus causes

(E) The body's preferred fuel is carbohydrates, and when deprived of them it is thus forced to burn fats and protein for energy, causing

dipaksingh · Answer

i have a confusion here.

till now i believed that two modifiers placed back to back followed by the subject is a wrong construction, but here this turns out to be a correct one.

for ex- studing hard, playing well, X is the best allrounder.

i know some of you may not relate the example with the sentence in hand, but IMO both are of same construction.

"when deprived of carbohydrates"-- this phrase modifies " BODY"
 " its preffered fuel" -- this phrase again modifies "BODY".

the only thing i see in the sentence is that "its preffered fuel" can be appositive to "carbohydrates"
please, help me to understand this construction.

MA · Answer

A) is clear and has proper use of grammer.
B) it has no clear referent.
C) which refers to fuel, which is not plural and verb are is not acceptable.
D) pronoun problem.
E) the whole sentence is awkward.

push12345 · Answer

B and C are out due to usage of which are for singular entity fuel.

D and E change intended meaning of sentence.

A correctly conveys the intended meaning.

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Formermember99 · Answer

There are substantial typos in the original post, enough to cause confusion. Here is the original question again, cleaner.

When deprived of carbohydrates, its preferred fuel, the body is forced to burn fats and protein for energy, thus causing  the formation of fatigue inducing toxins.
(A) When deprived of carbohydrates, its preferred fuel, the body is forced to burn fats and protein for energy, thus causing
(B) When deprived of carbohydrates, which are the body’s preferred fuel, it is thus forced to burn fats and protein for energy, which causes
(C) When deprived of its preferred fuel, which are carbohydrates, the body is forced to burn fats and protein for energy, and thus causes
(D)The body is forced to burn fats and protein for energy when deprived of carbohydrates, its preferred fuel, which thus causes
(E) The body's preferred fuel is carbohydrates, and when deprived of them it is thus forced to burn fats and protein for energy, causing

Bunuel · Answer

Thank you very much. Edited the original post.

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