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In an attempt to guarantee the security of its innovative water purification method, the company required each employee to sign a confidentiality agreement prohibiting that its water purification methods be disclosed to companies using an analogous purification process.
A. prohibiting that its water purification methods be disclosed to companies
B. prohibiting them from the disclosing of its water purification methods to any company
C. prohibiting disclosure of its water purification methods to any company
D. that would prohibit them from disclosure of its water purification methods to companies
E. that would prohibit its water purification methods to be disclosed to a company
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Re: SC:water purification method [#permalink]
10 Aug 2005, 05:17
C. prohibiting disclosure of its water purification methods to any company
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Re: SC:water purification method [#permalink]
10 Aug 2005, 07:51
confused between 'C' and 'D'.. D has 'prohibit from' and also the clause after 'that' makes it more clear.. although 'D' is more wordy and 'C' is precise... on the test day I will go with 'D'
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Re: SC:water purification method [#permalink]
10 Aug 2005, 14:32
perkhannu wrote: confused between 'C' and 'D'.. D has 'prohibit from' and also the clause after 'that' makes it more clear.. although 'D' is more wordy and 'C' is precise... on the test day I will go with 'D'
I do agree with you completely. But THEM in D is redundant and moreover you will need a participle (disclosing) rathar than a noun (the disclosure).
The correct idiom should be
Prohibiting X from doing Z
or forbid x to do Z.
This sentence does not follow any rule.
C is ok. C indicates that prohibiting is done by agreement
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11 Aug 2005, 11:39
it's (D) for me. The word 'other' is missing in B, C, and E. it should read '...any other company'.
meanwhile, which does ETS prefer?
probibit from or prohibit to?
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i looked at the choices again. D seems to make more sense.
prohibit is a transitive verb.
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What does THEM refer to in D..
I would take D if it were to say HIM OR HER instead of THEM
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it should be C. D has a pronoun error it is quite unclear to what 'them' refers to the company or each employee.
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riteshgupta1 wrote: What does THEM refer to in D..
I would take D if it were to say HIM OR HER instead of THEM
correct Rite/kayser. I overlooked the 'them'.......obviously can't be (D).
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Can somebody point out error in A? Is that not right use oof subjunctive?
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A changes the meaning of the sentence. It seems to indicate that water purification methods be disclosed to companies using a tool called an analogous purification process.
There is no sense of ORDER, ADVISE in this sentence. Its an agreement that need to prohibit employee from disclosing the details...
So, can not use subjunctive under agreement..
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I can't see C as being right.
Prohibit from sounds better, therefore, only B and D can be correct?
Them must also be used to identify "Who".
OA Please?
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OA is C. My problem here is that I had always thought that prohibit from was the idiom. Could anybody clarify? Thanks.
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Re: SC:water purification method [#permalink]
30 Jun 2010, 08:59
agreed PROHIBIT FROM is a right Idiom, BUT B and D - that uses the mentioned idiom has an agreement problem, Each Employee is singular and cannot have a plural pronoun THEM
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mailnavin1 wrote: agreed PROHIBIT FROM is a right Idiom, BUT B and D - that uses the mentioned idiom has an agreement problem, Each Employee is singular and cannot have a plural pronoun THEM ok, that rules out B and D. And why C is better than A or E?
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I would say D for the sole reason that it is the only correct looking sentence which refers to 'them' i.e. the employees....C doesn't refer to the employees at all
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Re: SC:water purification method [#permalink]
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My take on the problem. Although I marked my answer as D, but later realised mistakes in it A. prohibiting that its water purification methods be disclosed to companies - That placement is wrong. prohibiting what is not clear from 'that'?B. prohibiting them from the disclosing of its water purification methods to any company. Subject after comma is company and 'them' pointer is not correctC. prohibiting disclosure of its water purification methods to any company - correct D. that would prohibit them from disclosure of its water purification methods to companies. 'them' problemE. that would prohibit its water purification methods to be disclosed to a company. "would...to be"
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Re: SC:water purification method [#permalink]
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(A) "prohibiting that X be Y......" is unidiomatic
(E) "prohibit X to be Y " is unidiomatic
prohibit X, where X is a noun (disclosure) is correct
or
prohibit person from.....doing something..
Hence C
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seekmba wrote: (A) "prohibiting that X be Y......" is unidiomatic
(E) "prohibit X to be Y " is unidiomatic
prohibit X, where X is a noun (disclosure) is correct
or
prohibit person from.....doing something..
Hence C Are you sure? I have seen other posts arguing that "X PROHIBITS THAT Y BE Z" is idiomatic. Please anybody clarify this. thanks.
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noboru wrote: seekmba wrote: (A) "prohibiting that X be Y......" is unidiomatic
(E) "prohibit X to be Y " is unidiomatic
prohibit X, where X is a noun (disclosure) is correct
or
prohibit person from.....doing something..
Hence C Are you sure? I have seen other posts arguing that "X PROHIBITS THAT Y BE Z" is idiomatic. Please anybody clarify this. thanks. no one is going to comment on this?
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