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Dear Experts,

I am trying to find the actual and strong reason why (A) is wrong.
Although "they" may be ambiguous, "they" can logically refer to wasps because we are talking about wasps and "wasps" is the nearest noun.

However. pronoun ambiguity is not an absolute rule. I'm not sure whether stronger reason to eliminate (A) is that "wasp consist almost entirely of females - the queen and her sterile female workers" doesn't make sense. (Hey, wasps should consist of Male and Female!) It should be a society that consists of ____

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Here is a detailed explanation to this question-



Choice A: This answer choice incorrectly uses "where" to refer to "a society"; as "society" is not a physical place, "where" cannot be used to refer to it. Additionally, the pronoun "they" does not have a clear antecedent; it could refer to "Yellow Jackets", "species", or "wasps". Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.

Choice B: This answer choice maintains parallelism, conveys the intended meaning of the sentence, and avoids pronoun ambiguity. Thus, this answer choice is correct.

Choice C: This answer choice incorrectly uses a comma followed by the word "which" to refer to a clause. Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.

Choice D: This answer choice repeats the same error found in Option D. Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.

Choice E: This answer choice breaks parallelism between the adjectives "cooperative" and "organized" and the verb phrase "it consists...". This error occurs because this answer choice incorrectly groups the verb phrase into the same list as the adjectives. Remember, all elements in a list must be parallel. Thus, this answer choice is incorrect

Hence, B is the best answer choice.

To understand the concept of "Use of Which, Who, Whose, Where on GMAT", you may want to watch the following video (~1 minute):



To understand the concept of "Where v/s When on GMAT", you may want to watch the following video (~1 minute):



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All the best!
Experts' Global Team

I am struggling to find the main verb in the sentence. Is it number?

Thank you