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by amysky_0205 » Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:55 pm
Section 301 of the 1988 Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act enables the United States Trade Representative to single out a country as an unfair trader, begin trade negotiations with that country, and, if the negotiations do not conclude by the United States government's being satisfied, to impose sanctions.

A. by the United States government's being satisfied, to impose
B. by the United States government's satisfaction, impose
C. with the United States government's being satisfied, imposing
D. to the United States government's satisfaction, impose
E. to the United States government's satisfaction, imposing

OA: D

I stuck between B and D and chose B in the end.

can someone explain this one?
is it because the use of the idiom that makes B wrong? thank u!
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by brianlange77 » Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:02 pm
amysky_0205 wrote:Section 301 of the 1988 Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act enables the United States Trade Representative to single out a country as an unfair trader, begin trade negotiations with that country, and, if the negotiations do not conclude by the United States government's being satisfied, to impose sanctions.

A. by the United States government's being satisfied, to impose
B. by the United States government's satisfaction, impose
C. with the United States government's being satisfied, imposing
D. to the United States government's satisfaction, impose
E. to the United States government's satisfaction, imposing

OA: D

I stuck between B and D and chose B in the end.

can someone explain this one?
is it because the use of the idiom that makes B wrong? thank u!
Parallel Verbs -- B and D is the right split to get to b/c of 'impose' needing to be parallel with to single.. (to) begin, and (to) impose...

Idiom -- "conclude by" is not correct idiomatically... conclude "with" works in some situations, but here, conclude "to" is best....

Thoughts?

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by Tommy Wallach » Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:37 pm
My take on his one is that it's not about an idiom with "conclude," it's an idiom with "satisfaction."

Basically, you say: "This is to my satisfaction."

So you also have to say: "This has concluded to my satisfaction."

If we were just using "conclude," we could say lots of things:

"The movie concludes by wrapping all the loose ends."
"The movie concludes with a big dance number."
"The movie concludes in a gripping one-on-one battle between Ralph Macchio and the mean kid from Cobra Kai."

Hope that helps!

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by brianlange77 » Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:40 pm
Tommy Wallach wrote:My take on his one is that it's not about an idiom with "conclude," it's an idiom with "satisfaction."

Basically, you say: "This is to my satisfaction."

So you also have to say: "This has concluded to my satisfaction."

If we were just using "conclude," we could say lots of things:

"The movie concludes by wrapping all the loose ends."
"The movie concludes with a big dance number."
"The movie concludes in a gripping one-on-one battle between Ralph Macchio and the mean kid from Cobra Kai."

Hope that helps!

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Good build here Tommy... where i was going on the 'not liking concludes by' front was that I believe 'concludes by' would need to be followed by either an action "He concludes by recounting the final steps of his journey" or by a specific point in time "The work is permissible as long as it concludes by Tuesday." 'Concludes by' followed by an object (in this case, 'satisfaction') doesn't feel to fit either of those set-ups...

Thoughts?

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by Tommy Wallach » Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:37 pm
Good point, Brian! I missed that one. That action thing is definitely key with the "by" construction.

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