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Verbal·Standard English Conventions·Form, Structure, and Sense
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An attack by herbivorous mustard aphids, which are among the cuckoopint plant’s most common insect predators, __________ to produce proteins that disrupt the aphids’ ability to digest food.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A
triggering the plant
B
will trigger the plant
C
the plant triggered
D
the plant will be triggered