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PostFri Nov 21, 2008 11:29 pm
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According to some analysts, whatever its merits, the proposal to tax away all capital gains on short-term investments would, if enacted, have a disastrous effect on Wall Street trading and employment.

(A) its merits, the proposal to tax
(B) its merits may be, the proposal of taxing
(C) its merits as a proposal, taxing
(D) the proposal's merits, to tax
(E) the proposal's merits are, taxing


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PostFri Nov 21, 2008 11:38 pm
IMO A


A--makes the restrictive clause right
Other have modifier problems
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PostFri Nov 21, 2008 11:45 pm
i would go with E



have a disastrous effect on Wall Street trading and employment

pronoun "have" doesnt go with antecedent "proposal" in A

whats the OA??
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PostSat Nov 22, 2008 12:58 am
A B C are incorrect because its is a possessive pronoun and hence subject should be proposal's not proposal.

between D and E

D - to tax is wrong, a noun is required

E is correct because "taxing all........, if enacted, have disastrous" is a gerund phrase
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PostSat Nov 22, 2008 1:46 am
OA is A


But I'm really unable to figure out why D is wrong...
Can some one help me with D?

Is it because in A "its merits" refer clearly to "Proposal of tax merits "

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PostSat Nov 22, 2008 1:49 am
What is the source of this q?
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PostSat Nov 22, 2008 1:51 am
schumi_gmat wrote:
What is the source of this q?
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PostSat Nov 22, 2008 6:00 am
srisl11 wrote:
OA is A


But I'm really unable to figure out why D is wrong...
Can some one help me with D?

Is it because in A "its merits" refer clearly to "Proposal of tax merits "
only a proposal can be enacted. taxing cant be enacted. so the proposal will have to be the subject.
only A and B have this. B is wordier, shorter is better. hence A
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PostSat Nov 22, 2008 10:17 am
scoobydooby wrote:
srisl11 wrote:
OA is A


But I'm really unable to figure out why D is wrong...
Can some one help me with D?

Is it because in A "its merits" refer clearly to "Proposal of tax merits "
only a proposal can be enacted. taxing cant be enacted. so the proposal will have to be the subject.
only A and B have this. B is wordier, shorter is better. hence A
Thank you very much for the explanation,,,,
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PostTue Apr 28, 2009 6:21 am
raunekk wrote:
i would go with E



have a disastrous effect on Wall Street trading and employment

pronoun "have" doesnt go with antecedent "proposal" in A

whats the OA??
The verb is " would ... have", not "have" alone.
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PostTue Apr 28, 2009 8:17 am
B should be the answer..
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PostFri Nov 20, 2009 7:33 pm
According to some analysts, whatever its merits, the proposal to tax away all capital gains on short-term investments would, if enacted, have a disastrous effect on Wall Street trading and employment.

(A) its merits, the proposal to tax
(B) its merits may be, the proposal of taxing
(C) its merits as a proposal, taxing
(D) the proposal's merits, to tax
(E) the proposal's merits are, taxing

In A, "its merits" is touching "the proposal" making it clear what it refers to.

I believe the correct idiom is: "propose to" therefore eliminating B.
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PostTue Nov 24, 2009 6:57 am
I do not see any similar question in OG. we should focus on OG. However I try

check grammar. No grammar error

check meaning, style

gmat do not want "to do", "doing" to be subject. there is one case gmat permit is "to do is to do"

a and b are left.

I think idioms are "whatever its merit" , "propose to tax". I am not sure of this. help .pls
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