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By establishing that the new waste processing plant would [#permalink] New post   08 Nov 2005, 20:59
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By establishing that the new waste processing plant would contribute to pollution as well as economic impoverishment of the region, Lowell shows that the city council has strong fiscal grounds to be in opposition of the plan proposal.

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b) to opposition of
c) for opposing of
d) that it should oppose
e) that it should be in opposition to



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Re: By establishing that the new waste processing plant would [#permalink] New post   08 Nov 2005, 21:44
IMO - C


a) Wrong - needs to modify Lowell's stand
b) Wrong - needs to modify Lowell's stand
c) for opposing of - correctly modifies Lowell's stand and is idiomatic
d) Wrong - needs to modify Lowell's stand
e) Wrong - needs to modify Lowell's stand
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Re: By establishing that the new waste processing plant would [#permalink] New post   09 Nov 2005, 00:47
a) to be in opposition of -> lengthy and awkward
b) to opposition of -> awkward
c) for opposing of ->
d) that it should oppose ->
e) that it should be in opposition to -> lengthy and awkward

Between C and D, I go with C. 'has ground for.... ' is idiomatic although I'm not so sure if the 'of' at the end is nescessary. Also, in D, that 'it should oppose' sounds awkward when joined with the ealier part of the sentence.

C for me.
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Re: By establishing that the new waste processing plant would [#permalink] New post   09 Nov 2005, 10:10
I am with C.
Here is a rule posted back on this forum about the idioms with ground

grounds + for + Noun or Gerund

grounds + to + Verb

So B is wrong cause its using Noun (opposition) after to .

C is right cause its using "Gerund"(opposing) after for.

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By establishing that the new waste processing plant would contribute to pollution as well as economic impoverishment of the region, Lowell shows that the city council has strong fiscal grounds to be in opposition of the plan proposal.

a)
b) to opposition of
c) for opposing of
d) that it should oppose
e) that it should be in opposition to
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Re: By establishing that the new waste processing plant would [#permalink] New post   09 Nov 2005, 10:27
rigger wrote:
By establishing that the new waste processing plant would contribute to pollution as well as economic impoverishment of the region, Lowell shows that the city council has strong fiscal grounds to be in opposition of the plan proposal.

a)
b) to opposition of
c) for opposing of
d) that it should oppose
e) that it should be in opposition to


1) "grounds to be" is wrong.
2) "to oppsition of" is wrong, unless it's "to oppose"
3) "for opposition of" sounds good.
4) "grounds that" is wrong.
5) same as 5.

Plz correct my logic if I'm wrong....thx.
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Re: By establishing that the new waste processing plant would [#permalink] New post   09 Nov 2005, 11:35
The OA is C!
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Re: By establishing that the new waste processing plant would [#permalink] New post   10 Nov 2005, 21:19
my question about C is:

shouldn't it be ' ... has strong fiscal grounds for theopposing of the plan proposal' ?

In what situation do we need to use 'the' in front of geround/noun of ?

I questioned the motivation of his proposal.
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