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by pavitkumar » Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:58 pm
190. By showing that South Africa does not have a free market and is in fact a kind of collectivist welfare state for Whites only, Sowell argues that American conservatives have no valid ideological grounds to be in sympathy with the Pretoria regime.
(A) to be in sympathy with
(B) to sympathize with
(C) for sympathizing with
(D) that they should sympathize with
(E) that they should have sympathy for

Ans C

I don't understand at all why is answer C and not B. I prefer B, thus please explain why is B incorrect??

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by nikeboy2008 » Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:39 pm
"grounds for" is idiomatic
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by prachich1987 » Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:59 pm
people will benefit if you make a use of spoiler for writing answers
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by RACHVIK » Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:41 am
nikeboy2008 wrote:"grounds for" is idiomatic
I disagree with you. eg. Hewlett-Packard Co. officials had grounds to fire former Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd

I think there is some mistake in the question. Many of 1000Sc are incorrect. Its not a reliable source.

Option 'C' is definitely wrong.

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Rachvik
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