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Federal legislation establishing a fund for the cleanup of sites damaged by
toxic chemicals permits compensating state governments for damage to
their natural resources but does not allow claims for injury to people.
(A) compensating state governments for damage to
(B) compensating state governments for the damaging of
(C) giving state governments compensation for damaging
(D) giving compensation to state governments for the damage of
(E) the giving of compensation to state governments for damaging
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weird and convolute,
seems that D makes a little sense 
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OK,
A
damage FOR in D is stupid indeed
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I think that A is the answer
Parallelism:
permits compensating ... FOR damage TO natural resourses
but does not allow claims FOR injury TO people
Am I right?
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Re: SC: Legislation [#permalink]
27 May 2011, 04:44
Most of the old sentence correction questions looks like bouncers (in cricket)  Got stuck between A and D
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Re: SC: Legislation [#permalink]
27 May 2011, 15:11
+1 A It is more concise. "Giving compensations" is wordy.
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