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by stubbornp » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:07 pm
222. By a vote of 9 to 0, the Supreme Court awarded the Central Intelligence Agency broad discretionary
powers enabling it to withhold from the public the identities of its sources of intelligence information.
(A) enabling it to withhold from the public
(B) for it to withhold from the public
(C) for withholding disclosure to the public of
(D) that enable them to withhold from public disclosure
(E) that they can withhold public disclosure of
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by amitansu » Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:05 am
I would stick to the original 'A' here.

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by stop@800 » Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:38 am
I also think A is correct.
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by stubbornp » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:44 am
Guys,explanation please......
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by scoobydooby » Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:20 am
(A) "it " correctly refers to the Board which is singular. Correct choice
(B) for it sounds awkward
(C) too wordy
(D) Board is singuar, "them" doesnt agree with Board
(E) awkward as it starts with that. and "they" doesnt agree with the Board which is singular
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by supershick » Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:23 pm
sorry to bring this back from the dead, but can someone explain to me how "it" refers back to the CIA?

I was under the impression "it" is ambiguous as it can refer to the Supreme Court OR the CIA.

TIA guys =)
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by linfongyu » Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:56 pm
Yes, "it" refers to the CIA. That's the only logical noun that "it" can refer to.

I have a related question, what if the sentence is:

By a vote of 9 to 0, the Supreme Court awarded the Central Intelligence Agency broad discretionary powers to withhold from the public the identities of its sources of intelligence information.

Would this be correct?

According to the OG, the phrase "enabling it to withhold from the public" clearly modifies powers. If I'm not mistaken, this is an adjective phrase. What if I change/shorten this to "to withhold from the public?" Would this be a grammatically correct?
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