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by rtaha2412 » Fri Jan 21, 2011 2:06 pm
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 cyrwr1 » Fri Jan 21, 2011 3:30 pm
I'm going with A. Please let me know everyone's insight on this. Thanks
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by Target2009 » Fri Jan 21, 2011 3:44 pm
IMO - A
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by prachich1987 » Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:15 pm
IMO : A
Please advise OA
I think here damage to would be a correct idiom
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by eyelikecheese » Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:48 pm
A as well.


Compensating for is correct usage of the idiom

Parallelism in "for damage to their natural resources" and "for injury to people"
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:20 am
rtaha2412 wrote: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
I see this question focussing on parallelism and idioms.

I recognize the idiomatic structure permits x but Y.

Here X contains compensating and structure Y contains claims .. which are not parallel in comparison.

Thus, I pick D. Experts guidance and OA please.
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by Jim@Grockit » Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:49 am
eyelikecheese wrote:A as well.


Compensating for is correct usage of the idiom

Parallelism in "for damage to their natural resources" and "for injury to people"
I'd have chosen A for these reasons as well as for concision.

Keep in mind that "compensating" here is a gerund -- a verbal noun -- and while not as similar-looking to "claims" as we might hope, it is still eligible for parallelism to a noun.
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