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by vk_vinayak » Sun May 06, 2012 9:08 am
Please copy paste the question(s). The unregistered (and unlogged) students cant access the files. Please restrict one question per thread, and underline the relevant parts.
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by Bhupisuhag » Sun May 06, 2012 9:25 am
Congress has enacted legislation forbidding state and local governments from raising taxes on connections that link consumers to the internet for the next three years

A) forbidding state and local governments from raising taxes on connections that link consumers to the internet for the next three years

B) that forbids state and local governments for the next three years from raising taxes on connections that link consumers to the internet

C) that for the next three years forbids state and local governments to raise taxes on connections that link consumers to the internet

D) forbidding for the next three years to state and local governments the raising of taxes on connections that link consumers to the internet

E) that forbids for the next three years state and local governments from raising taxes on connections that link consumers to the internet

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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Sun May 06, 2012 1:12 pm
A) forbidding state and local governments from raising taxes on connections that link consumers to the internet for the next three years

B) that forbids state and local governments for the next three years from raising taxes on connections that link consumers to the internet

C) that for the next three years forbids state and local governments to raise taxes on connections that link consumers to the internet

D) forbidding for the next three years to state and local governments the raising of taxes on connections that link consumers to the internet

E) that forbids for the next three years state and local governments from raising taxes on connections that link consumers to the internet

The idiom is "forbid to", not "forbid from."
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