National Labor

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National Labor

by sumittaneja009 » Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:33 am
The National Labor Relations Act expressly forbids unions from engaging in secondary boycotts against companies not directly involved in a labor dispute.
(A) unions from engaging in
(B) the engagement by unions of
(C) unions to engage in
(D) unions from becoming engaged with
(E) that unions engage upon

I chose A but the OA is C, can someone explain me why?

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by 4meonly » Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:10 am
Please hide OA with spoiler

Here Idioms are tested

forbid X to do Y
prohibit X from doing Y

Only C uses correct idiom

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by raunekk » Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:51 am
forbid X to do Y
prohibit X from doing Y

one more for C