Usage of preposition and parallelism

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Usage of preposition and parallelism

by Indradeep » Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:14 am
One of Ronald Reagan’s first acts as President was to rescind President Carter’s directive that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries.

(A) that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries

(B) that any chemical be prohibited from sale to other countries that was banned on medical grounds in the United States

(C) prohibiting the sale to other countries of any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States

(D) prohibiting that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States is sold to other countries

(E) that any chemical banned in the United States on medical grounds is prohibited from being sold to other countries

Can anyone help with the right answer?
Concentrate on A vs C
Source: — Sentence Correction |

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Re: Usage of preposition and parallelism

by iamcste » Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:11 am
Indradeep wrote:One of Ronald Reagan’s first acts as President was to rescind President Carter’s directive that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries.

(A) that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries

(B) that any chemical be prohibited from sale to other countries that was banned on medical grounds in the United States

(C) prohibiting the sale to other countries of any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States

(D) prohibiting that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States is sold to other countries

(E) that any chemical banned in the United States on medical grounds is prohibited from being sold to other countries

Can anyone help with the right answer?
Concentrate on A vs C

Dude C and D is out of question

Directive Subjunctive

Subjunctive- That +Infitinitive ( without word To)


"Is" /"was" is used for Indicative/factual statement

Its A by miles and miles


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by Indradeep » Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:24 am
That is what I thought as well.
It is actually C

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by iamcste » Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:35 am
Indradeep wrote:That is what I thought as well.
It is actually C

hmmm..Lets brainstorm...I assume source to be authentic...

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by scoobydooby » Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:35 am
reachac's reasoning at the bottom could explain justification for C. would never have got this

https://www.beatthegmat.com/prohibiting- ... 15338.html

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by iamcste » Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:45 am
Guys, does any one know similar question from GMAT Prep, MGMAT or other authentic sources

I vowed sometime back to spend limitted time on 1000 SC

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