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PostThu Sep 24, 2009 6:08 am
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I know this q was discussed quite a few times in forums, but I mentioned again to clear my doubt.
What is the subject of this, where "have" referring to. Is it not "the proposal" (singular).

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48. 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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PostThu Sep 24, 2009 10:20 pm
Verb is not HAVE, it is would have.

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.

it can be rephrase as:

According to some analysts, whatever its merits, the proposal to X would have a disastrous effect on Y.

I have only confusion, can we assume that
its ==> proposal's

i can easily eliminate C,D, and E.

now come down to idiom:
proposal to
or
proposal of

so A or B will be the answer. preferably A, but i see no problem with B as well.
==> 'its' is so weird in both.
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PostTue Nov 17, 2009 7:18 pm
Whats the issue with B..............is it the use of may?
ideally it should be "might"
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PostTue Nov 17, 2009 9:51 pm
I agree with Sunny's analysis: the complete predicate is "would have" and the subject is "proposal"
B is eliminated because the idiom is "proposal to do something" rather than "proposal of doing something"; also "may be" is not needed so B is wordier
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PostFri Nov 20, 2009 6:11 pm
Pls help,

the idiom is "whatever noun" or "whatever noun maybe",????
pls, help
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