simone88 wrote:In an attempt to guarantee the security of its innovative water purification method, the company required each employee to sign a confidentiality agreement prohibiting that its water purification methods be disclosed to companies using an analogous purification process.

A. prohibiting that its water purification methods be disclosed to companies
B. prohibiting them from the disclosing of its water purification methods to any company
C. prohibiting disclosure of its water purification methods to any company
D. that would prohibit them from disclosure of its water purification methods to companies
E. that would prohibit its water purification methods to be disclosed to a company

[spoiler]OA: C. I was undecided between A anc C. I read in a forum that "prohibiting that" is problematic, but I don't understand why.[/spoiler]

simone88 wrote:In an attempt to guarantee the security of its innovative water purification method, the company required each employee to sign a confidentiality agreement prohibiting that its water purification methods be disclosed to companies using an analogous purification process.

A. using an -ing verb with "that" doesn't work
B. Pronoun error--"them" refers to "employee"
C. correct
D. Same pronoun error as B
E. Using the conditional "would" doesn't work

Bill@VeritasPrep wrote:
A. using an -ing verb with "that" doesn't work

Bill@VeritasPrep wrote: B. Pronoun error--"them" refers to "employee"

simone88 wrote:

Bill@VeritasPrep wrote:
A. using an -ing verb with "that" doesn't work

in the sense that it should be prohibiting its water purification methods be disclosed...?

so if I wanted to make it correct I should say prohibiting it?