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Omnibus Trade

by amysky_0205 » Fri Dec 14, 2012 5:27 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

can someone explain this???
I chose B............. what's wrong with other questions?
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by The Iceman » Fri Dec 14, 2012 5:57 am
Cut the fluf and see the basic construction.

conclude by...being satisfied
conclude by...satisfaction
conclude with...being satisfied
conclude to...satisfaction

Only the last of these constructions makes sense, given the context.

Also, to maintain parallelism we must have 'impose'.

enables to single out, begin trade and ... impose sanctions

D wins
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