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by GMATGuruNY » Sat Oct 09, 2010 3:39 am
kashefian wrote:In a controversial decision, the effects of which still reverberate today, the
Supreme Court decided that in certain legal respects, a corporation has the
same rights as does an individual and enabled them to donate money to
politicians.
A. and enabled them to donate money to politicians
B. and enabling them to donate money to politicians
C. and enabling it to donate money to politicians
D. and enabled it to donate money to politicians
E. and is able to donate money to politicians
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In A, B, C and D, it is unclear whether enabled and enabling refer to a corporation or to the Supreme Court. Regardless, to say that the Court decided X and enabled Y or that it decided X and enabling Y is incorrect. The Court did not perform two separate actions; it performed one action (decided), which resulted in the other action (the enabling). The structure would need to be:

The Court decided X, enabling Y.

Eliminate A, B, C and D. The correct answer is E.
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by clawhammer » Sun Oct 10, 2010 12:41 am
It should be E.

... a corporation is able to donate money to politicians.
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by Yanat » Sun Oct 10, 2010 5:41 am
a corporation has and is

so E is my choice.
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