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Contract forbids.....

by barron » Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:13 am
The new contract forbids a strike by the transportation union

A) forbids a strike by the transportation union
B) forbids the transportation union from striking
C) forbids that there be a strike by the transportation union
D) will forbid the transportation union from striking
E) will forbid that the transportation union strikes

A is the correct answer

Pls explain the reasoning?

i selected B as it sounded idiomatic
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Re: Contract forbids.....

by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:37 am
barron wrote:The new contract forbids a strike by the transportation union

A) forbids a strike by the transportation union
B) forbids the transportation union from striking
C) forbids that there be a strike by the transportation union
D) will forbid the transportation union from striking
E) will forbid that the transportation union strikes

A is the correct answer

Pls explain the reasoning?

i selected B as it sounded idiomatic
Idiomatically, we say "forbidden to", not "forbidden from". So, (b) is idiomatically wrong.

As an aside, we do say "prohibited from".
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by Dhananjay85 » Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:16 am
The idiom usage forbid x from Y is wrong. Forbid is one of the few verbs that take only infinitive form. hence forbid X to y will be the correct idiom form. C is subjunctive form and can be used only with verbs like demand,dictate,insist,mandate,propose,recommend,request,stipulate,suggest etc. Hence
B,C and D are ruled out."Will denotes future tense but then it uses "srikes" which is simple present. So tense usage is wrong here. Hence E is ruled out. Hence A, which has correct idiom usage and correct tense usage.
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