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by ansh.kumar » Sun Feb 28, 2010 6:35 am
294. Federal legislation establishing a fund for the cleanup of sites damaged by toxic chemicals permits compensating state governments for damage to their natural resources but does not allow claims for injury to people.
(A) compensating state governments for damage to
(B) compensating state governments for the damaging of
(C) giving state governments compensation for damaging
(D) giving compensation to state governments for the damage of
(E) the giving of compensation to state governments for damaging
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by AtifS » Sun Feb 28, 2010 7:07 am
ansh.kumar wrote:294. Federal legislation establishing a fund for the cleanup of sites damaged by toxic chemicals permits compensating state governments for damage to their natural resources but does not allow claims for injury to people.
(A) compensating state governments for damage to
(B) compensating state governments for the damaging of
(C) giving state governments compensation for damaging
(D) giving compensation to state governments for the damage of
(E) the giving of compensation to state governments for damaging
IMO D as "for the damage of"+noun seems correct also "giving compensation to" is right as compesation is given to state governments

may be some expert can shed more light on this question.
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by prinit » Sun Feb 28, 2010 7:07 am
ansh.kumar wrote:294. Federal legislation establishing a fund for the cleanup of sites damaged by toxic chemicals permits compensating state governments for damage to their natural resources but does not allow claims for injury to people.
(A) compensating state governments for damage to
(B) compensating state governments for the damaging of
(C) giving state governments compensation for damaging
(D) giving compensation to state governments for the damage of
(E) the giving of compensation to state governments for damaging

My pick is D. parallelism.
establishing a fund for the cleanup of and giving compensation to state governments for the damage of
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by Rajat Khandelwal » Sun Feb 28, 2010 9:38 am
option A....
permits compensating rather than permits giving the compensation to avoid the redundancy....
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by hrishi19884 » Mon Mar 01, 2010 5:52 am
I would stake on A

compensating state governments for damage to their natural resources but does not allow claims for injury to people. -- both underlined ones should be parallel.

Also "damage to someone" sounds better to me than "damage for someone" or "damage of someone"
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by gmatmachoman » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:00 am
hrishi19884 wrote:I would stake on A

compensating state governments for damage to their natural resources but does not allow claims for injury to people. -- both underlined ones should be parallel.

Also "damage to someone" sounds better to me than "damage for someone" or "damage of someone"
One more for A
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by sarthak » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:19 am
to me permits giving compensating is awkard. But ya this is parallel. But IMO is A.
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by girish3131 » Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:23 am
i guess B


BTY wat's OA ?
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by madsadman » Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:36 am
I am with 'A'.

I will try to explain my reasoning:

Federal legislation establishing a fund for the cleanup of sites damaged by toxic chemicals permits compensating state governments for damage to their natural resources but does not allow claims for injury to people.

(A) compensating state governments for damage to (The only remaining choice which is idiomatically correct)
(B) compensating state governments for the damaging of ('Damage to' is correct over 'Damaging of')
(C) giving state governments compensation for damaging (A noun should follow 'permit' wherever possible)
(D) giving compensation to state governments for the damage of ('Damage to' is correct over 'Damaging of')
(E) the giving of compensation to state governments for damaging (A noun should follow 'permit' wherever possible)

What is the OA?
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