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Section 301 of the 1988 Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Ac

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by navami » Mon Sep 05, 2011 6:56 am
Section 301 of the 1988 Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act enables the United
States Trade Representative to single out a country as an unfair trader, begin trade
negotiations with that country, and, if the negotiations do not conclude by the United
States government's being satisfied, to impose sanctions.
A. by the United States government's being satisfied, to impose
B. by the United States government's satisfaction, impose
C. with the United States government's being satisfied, imposing
D. to the United States government's satisfaction, impose
E. to the United States government's satisfaction, imposing

OA D
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by aspirant2011 » Mon Sep 05, 2011 7:21 am
navami wrote:Section 301 of the 1988 Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act enables the United States Trade Representative to single out a country as an unfair trader, begin trade negotiations with that country, and, if the negotiations do not conclude by the United States government's being satisfied, to impose sanctions.

A. by the United States government's being satisfied, to impose
B. by the United States government's satisfaction, impose
C. with the United States government's being satisfied, imposing
D. to the United States government's satisfaction, impose
E. to the United States government's satisfaction, imposing

OA D
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by [email protected] » Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:12 pm
aspirant2011 wrote:
navami wrote:Section 301 of the 1988 Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act enables the United States Trade Representative to single out a country as an unfair trader, begin trade negotiations with that country, and, if the negotiations do not conclude by the United States government's being satisfied, to impose sanctions.

A. by the United States government's being satisfied, to impose
B. by the United States government's satisfaction, impose
C. with the United States government's being satisfied, imposing
D. to the United States government's satisfaction, impose
E. to the United States government's satisfaction, imposing

WHY OPTION B IS WRONG. HELP PLEASE
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by aspirant2011 » Wed Sep 07, 2011 7:28 pm
[email protected] wrote:
aspirant2011 wrote:
navami wrote:Section 301 of the 1988 Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act enables the United States Trade Representative to single out a country as an unfair trader, begin trade negotiations with that country, and, if the negotiations do not conclude by the United States government's being satisfied, to impose sanctions.

A. by the United States government's being satisfied, to impose
B. by the United States government's satisfaction, impose
C. with the United States government's being satisfied, imposing
D. to the United States government's satisfaction, impose
E. to the United States government's satisfaction, imposing

WHY OPTION B IS WRONG. HELP PLEASE
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B is wrong because conclude by changes the intended meaning of the sentence.........when you use conclude by then it means you are concluding something but in the above sentence US government is not concluding something on it's own, it's the negotiations which have to be concluded to US government's satisfaction.......

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