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by sparsh.21 » Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:10 am
On account of a law passed in 1993, making it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold gold in the form of bullion or coins, immigrants found that on arrival in the United States they had to surrender all of the gold they had brought with them.


A. On account of a law passed in 1993, making it a crime punishable by
imprisonment that a United States citizen hold
B. With a law passed in 1933 that makes it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold
C. A law passed in 1933 that made it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a United States citizen holding
D. Because of a law passed in 1933 making it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a United States citizen to hold
E. Due to a law being passed in 1933 that makes it a crime punishable by
imprisonment for a United States citizen to hold


OA is B


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by amitabhprasad » Fri Jan 09, 2009 11:48 am
Are you sure OA is "B".
I think it should be "D"
a crime X for ... is the correct idiom
That rules a,b,c out.
Also I am not sure if use of With correct in B
E --> Due to a low being is awkward
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by logitech » Fri Jan 09, 2009 1:45 pm
amitabhprasad wrote:Are you sure OA is "B".
I think it should be "D"
a crime X for ... is the correct idiom
That rules a,b,c out.
Also I am not sure if use of With correct in B
E --> Due to a low being is awkward
Another vote for D and I am really looking forward to learn how to use WITH correctly.
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by amitabhprasad » Fri Jan 09, 2009 2:50 pm
I am not sure if this is correct....
But I go by meaning of "with"
"which means accompanied by" or" possess some thing."

At least in the sentence I think dependent clause is showing the reason why immigrants had to surrender gold.

So in this case I thought "because" is the correct usage and not with
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by logitech » Fri Jan 09, 2009 2:51 pm
amitabhprasad wrote:I am not sure if this is correct....
But I go by meaning of "with"
"which means accompanied by" or" possess some thing."

At least in the sentence I think dependent clause is showing the reason why immigrants had to surrender gold.

So in this case I thought "because" is the correct usage and not with
Thank you very much.
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by sparsh.21 » Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:13 pm
even i went for D

this a question from gmat set 9, it could be possible that answer is incorrect
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by jasyoo » Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:53 pm
i believe d is correct as well. even disregarding the usage of 'with', the present tense 'makes' in "the law passed in 1933 that makes" can't be right because it's not known if the law is still valid.
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