Improving Sentence Clarity

Very Easy Rhetorical Skills Strategy

Read the following sentence from a student's essay:

"The results of the experiment were not only surprising but also opened new avenues for research in the field of biology."

Which revision improves the clarity of this sentence?

The results of the experiment were surprising and opened new paths for biology research.

Not only were the results of the experiment surprising, but they also opened up new ways for future research in biology.

The experiment's results were both surprising and they opened new avenues for research in biology.

Results of the experiment were surprising, furthermore, it opened new avenues for biology.

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