SC 1000 #48

[f2001290]

48.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

Please explain the mistakes in the options.

[OilBaron]

I think this is a pronoun question - 'its' is ambiguous, so I eliminated A,B,C. D removes the ambiguity of what the analysts are refering to, as well as maintaing a parallel structure with 'to tax'

I'm going with D.

Any thoughts??

[f2001290]

OA is A

[aim-wsc]

OA is A

Check this out 8)
rather old thread...
https://www.beatthegmat.com/viewtopic.php?t=689

[dubeystuts]

It must be D.

'to tax' sounds correct.

taxing...is incorrect

a) 'whatever it's merit' - it here refers to nothing.

I think the answer is misprinted in the book. Answer must be D.