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by Deepak Varshney » Thu Oct 26, 2006 5:50 pm
Hi Guys

Could anybody advise as to why the answer is A



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（A）

(E) the proposal’s merits are, taxing
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by 800guy » Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:14 pm
'its merits' doesn't make any sense to me.
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by prachipareekh » Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:11 am
It is important that you identify the subject of the main clause here correctly....Subject of the main clause is --- the proposal -- Hence the proposal can be enacted..

C,D,E - incorrect -- stating taxing can be enacted ....

B - incorrect -- unidiomatic....Correct idiom is -- proposal to + infinitive

Hope it is clear now.....
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by bhumika.k.shah » Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:59 am
Hi , pracheee,

Could you please elaborate on why is B wrong ? Is it because its more wordier than A ?

I'd opt for B :(
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by pavitkumar » Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:48 pm
I still don't get it as to why E is incorrect???
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by [email protected] » Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:17 pm
Could any of please explain why D is wrong. And what is the difference between A and D. According to me both are equally right... Or is it something in GMAT SC that when option A itself is right, the first priority goes to option A and then to other options.....
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