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by daretodream » Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:02 pm
Television programs developed in conjunction with the marketing of toys, which was once prohibited by federal regulations, are thriving in the free market conditions permitted by the current Federal Communications Commission.
(A) Television programs developed in conjunction with the marketing of toys, which was once prohibited by federal regulations, are
(B) Television programs developed in conjunction with the marketing of toys, a practice that federal regulations once prohibited, is
(C) Developing television programs in conjunction with the marketing of toys, as once prohibited by federal regulations, is right one
(D) Federal regulations once prohibited developing television programs in conjunction with the marketing of toys, but they are changed subject, ambiguos pronoun reference
(E) Federal regulations once prohibited developing television programs in conjunction with the marketing of toys, but such programs are changed subject

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by komal » Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:15 am
daretodream wrote:Television programs developed in conjunction with the marketing of toys, which was once prohibited by federal regulations, are thriving in the free market conditions permitted by the current Federal Communications Commission.
(A) Television programs developed in conjunction with the marketing of toys, which was once prohibited by federal regulations, are - which incorrectly modifies toys

(B) Television programs developed in conjunction with the marketing of toys, a practice that federal regulations once prohibited, is - incorrect - subject verb agreement - Television programs(subject - plural) developed in conjunction with the marketing of toys, a practice that federal regulations once (appositive), is (verb - singular)

(C) Developing television programs in conjunction with the marketing of toys, as once prohibited by federal regulations, is right one - use of as is incorrect


(D) Federal regulations once prohibited developing television programs in conjunction with the marketing of toys, but they are changed subject, ambiguos pronoun reference - they is ambiguous

(E) Federal regulations once prohibited developing television programs in conjunction with the marketing of toys, but such programs are changed subject - correct

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by thephoenix » Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:22 am
A) Television programs developed in conjunction with the marketing of toys, which was once prohibited by federal regulations, are .........which modifies toys which is wrng sub for the next part of s/c

(B) Television programs developed in conjunction with the marketing of toys, a practice that federal regulations once prohibited, an action can be a "a practice", not tv programs

(C) Developing television programs in conjunction with the marketing of toys, as once prohibited by federal regulations, is

"as" seems suspect; what is thriving is not "developing" in gerund form, but "tv programs"

(D) Federal regulations once prohibited developing television programs in conjunction with the marketing of toys, but they are
"they"? regulations or tv programs?

(E) Federal regulations once prohibited developing television programs in conjunction with the marketing of toys, but such programs are CORRECT - Federal regulations prohibited "developing", but it is tv programs that thrived