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According to some analysts, whatever its merits, the [#permalink]
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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
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A???
proper subject placement "the proposal to tax"
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A is OK, explain what is wrong with B, which I chose.
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stolyar wrote: A is OK, explain what is wrong with B, which I chose.
You wouldn't say "the proposal of" unless you meant that the proposal belonged to someone ("the proposal of Stolyar" for example).
Also, "whatever its merits may be" is unnecessarily wordy. "whatever its merits" is ok, the "may be" is understood.
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I picked E, may be I am just bad in SC. But doesn't a pronoun need to identify the noun before it? Or is this a special case?
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...would, if enacted, have a disastrous effect ...
"would" here must refer to the proposal, not taxing, becuase "taxing" is not enacted.
"Tax hikes" can be enacted, "proposals" can be enacted, but "taxing" cannot really be enacted.
By this principle alone, we know that A and B are our choices...
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+1 A There cannot be two clauses because we don't have semi colons or "..., AND". B and E out. C changes the meaning. Usually, an infinitive is not fine as subject. It's a matter of style, although grammatically could be right.
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Definitely A for me. The use of the infinitive -- "The proposal TO Tax" is the better usage.
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