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by stormier » Tue Dec 14, 2010 7:03 am
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


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by tomada » Tue Dec 14, 2010 8:18 am
I was really stumped by this one, but I selected (A), mostly because of the phrase "...if enacted".

The "disastrous effect on Wall Street trading and employment" would result if something is enacted.
What can be enacted? Laws, policies, regulations...proposals?

This is where I differentiated between the act of taxing - in of itself - and the proposal to tax.
Is taxing being enacted, or is that the result of a proposal that has been enacted?
I went with the latter, so I eliminated (C), (D), and (E). I was left with (A) and (B) because I concluded that a direct reference to a proposal was needed as the basis for the later phrase "...if enacted".

Of (A) and (B), I thought "proposal to tax" was more idiomatically correct than "proposal of taxing", and I didn't think "may be" was necessary after "its merits".

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by winner's attitude » Tue Dec 14, 2010 10:05 am
I think the answer should be E

A its merits, the proposal to tax --- to be verb is required and its is again a prob
B its merits may be, the proposal of taxing - its is a prob
C its merits as a proposal, taxing - its is a problem
D the proposal's merits, to tax -- to tax is wrong
E the proposal's merits are, taxing -- correct , to be verb are and taxing away xyz becomes subject

pls correct me if i am worng
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by stormier » Tue Dec 14, 2010 12:02 pm
I think Tomada hit the nail on the head.

Although I do not have an official explanation, the correct answer is A. The key is to have a correct modifying phrase for - if enacted.

,taxing away ......, if enacted is incorrect. It should read - , the proposal to tax ......, if enacted,

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by stormier » Tue Dec 14, 2010 12:07 pm
winner's attitude wrote:I think the answer should be E

A its merits, the proposal to tax --- to be verb is required and its is again a prob
B its merits may be, the proposal of taxing - its is a prob
C its merits as a proposal, taxing - its is a problem
D the proposal's merits, to tax -- to tax is wrong
E the proposal's merits are, taxing -- correct , to be verb are and taxing away xyz becomes subject

pls correct me if i am worng
Why is "its" a problem. I think it clearly refers to the proposal without ambiguity.
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by Salman Ghaffar » Tue Dec 14, 2010 1:06 pm
The key here lies in "if enacted"

Option A - "The proposal to tax" can be enacted.
B - "the proposal of taxing" is incorrect.
C, D, E - "taxing" or "to tax" cannot "be enacted"
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