Question

The first detailed study of magpie attacks in Australia indicates that by the time they had reached adulthood, 98 percent of men and 75 percent of women born in the country have been attacked by the birds.a) by the time they had reached adulthood, 98 percent of men and 75 percent of women born in the country have been attacked by the birds.

b) by the time they reach adulthood, 98 percent of men and 75 percent of women, who were born in the country had been attacked by the birds.
c) by the time they reached adulthood, 98 percent of men and 75 percent of women born in the country had been attacked by the birds.
d) 98 percent of men and 75 percent of women that were born in the country were
attacked by the birds by the time they reach adulthood
e) 98 percent of men and 75 percent of women who were born in the country, by the time they reached adulthood had been attacked by the birds.

Answer 1

e) 98 percent of men and 75 percent of women who were born in the country, by the time they reached adulthood had been attacked by the birds.

Step-by-step explanation:

If you rewrite the sentence in this way it is easier to communicate what you want to communicate, the problem is that in all the other options when you read the sentence you can get the idea that the people was attacked by the birds onces the birds reached adulthood, not the people, when rewritten like in the "E" option you dont get that confusion, that´s why that is the correct option.