Re-opening : Ronald Reagen

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Re-opening : Ronald Reagen

by Pdgmat2010 » Mon Aug 09, 2010 4:12 am
One of Ronald Reagan's first acts as President was to rescind President Carter's directive that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries.
(A) that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries
(B) that any chemical be prohibited from sale to other countries that was banned on medical grounds in the United States
(C) prohibiting the sale to other countries of any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States
(D) prohibiting that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States is sold to other countries
(E) that any chemical banned in the United States on medical grounds is prohibited from being sold to other countries
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by Pdgmat2010 » Mon Aug 09, 2010 4:16 am
I am confused between A and C.

C)prohibiting the sale to other countries of any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States

i ruled out C as it does not contain the correct form of the idiom 'prohibit x from doing something' .

A) that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countrie
is 'be prohibited' the issue here?
is a command subjunctive really warranted here? or did i fall for a trap?
i chose this as 'that something be prohibited from sale somewhere else' looked like a correct idiomatic form of 'prohibit'

experts pls help.
I re-opened this question as there were no satisfactory replies in the previous thread on the same question.

Source: Brutal SC ( not the best sources i know, but really confused abt this question)
OA C

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by sindhu b » Mon Aug 09, 2010 4:22 am
IMO A .... wats the ans ?

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