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proposal to tax

by real2008 » Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:16 am
48. According to some analysts, whatever its merits, the proposal to tax away all capital gains on short-term investments would, if enacted, have a disastrous effect on Wall Street trading and employment.
(A) its merits, the proposal to tax
(B) its merits may be, the proposal of taxing
(C) its merits as a proposal, taxing
(D) the proposal’s merits, to tax
(E) the proposal’s merits are, taxing


Why answer is A and not E?
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by kc_raj » Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:06 pm
IMO A,

E does not have a complete main sentence only phrases,

same with C, D

B the proposal of taxing reads awkward the proposal to tax is better in A
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by mbadrew » Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:25 pm
This is a good one. The key is to find the subject. In this case it's the tax proposal. Then the verb is effect. Now the "its" is referred to the tax proposal. Because this sentence is a dangling modifier, the preceding clause can't be modified by "its". So, obviously, the noun modified will be in the antecedant clause. In this case the noun modified by "its" is the proposal. The rest of the sentence flows well.

E--is incorrect because it changes the meaning of the sentence. The tax will have a disasterous effect on the stock market, not the merrits. The merrits can be anything. Perhaps the merrit is the government's plan of redistribution of wealth to the poor.
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