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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.
prohibiting that its water purification methods be disclosed to companies
prohibiting them from the disclosing of its water purification methods to any company
prohibiting disclosure of its water purification methods to any company
that would prohibit them from disclosure of its water purification methods to companies
that would prohibit its water purification methods to be disclosed to a company
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Eholm314 wrote: This is an idiom..Always use Prohibit from Idioms can have more than one form. I think the correct answer choice here is C (A) prohibiting that its water purification methods be disclosed to companies The subjunctive mode is not correct in these case, since this is not a suggestion or request. (B) prohibiting them from the disclosing of its water purification methods to any company them has no antecedent (C) prohibiting disclosure of its water purification methods to any company nothing wrong with this one (D) that would prohibit them from disclosure of its water purification methods to companies them has no antecedent (E) that would prohibit its water purification methods to be disclosed to a company the conditional would is incorrect in this case. I think that prohibit X is better than prohibit X to be Y
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"Them" can be replaced with the construction "that would prohibit employees from" OR "that would prohibit the employee from"
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soumen4u wrote: Ans is D Could you elaborate? What does "them" refer to?
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This is an idiom..Always use Prohibit from
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B and D are rules out as the two have "them" while the sentence has 'each' which is singular. For E "a company" implies just one company. So E is out. Between A and C, C seems less wordy and awkward.
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+1 D Beautiful question! D is better than B because a relative clause can refer to a diferent point in the time line. B refers only to the past, including the gerund "prohibiting".
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+1 D Beautiful question! D is better than B because a relative clause can refer to a diferent point in the time line. B refers only to the past, including the gerund "prohibiting".
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gijoedude wrote: B and D are rules out as the two have "them" while the sentence has 'each' which is singular. For E "a company" implies just one company. So E is out. Between A and C, C seems less wordy and awkward. I agree C is the right one.... "them" can not go with "each"
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In D there is no antecedent for them as each employee becomes singular
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toughmat wrote: In D there is no antecedent for them as each employee becomes singular Good point. We should not choose a statement just because it has a correct idiom usage. **************** 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. prohibiting that its water purification methods be disclosed to companies I don't know how can I eliminate this. Maybe just because it is wordier than C and indirect too.prohibiting them from the disclosing of its water purification methods to any company pronoun doesn't agree in numberprohibiting disclosure of its water purification methods to any company agreement is prohibiting disclosure of company's water purification methods. Succinct and conveys the intended meaning. Correct.that would prohibit them from disclosure of its water purification methods to companies pronoun doesn't agree in numberthat would prohibit its water purification methods to be disclosed to a company There is sense of uncertainty in this sentence.********************
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Re: In an attempt to guarantee the security of its innovative [#permalink]
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stuck b/w B and D and finally chose B.
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According to some Manhattan GMAT forums, we can be more flexible with pronouns than with other aspects. That's why I think D is better.
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metallicafan wrote: According to some Manhattan GMAT forums, we can be more flexible with pronouns than with other aspects. That's why I think D is better. IMO C. Can you give any example in the flexibility with pronoun. Furthermore, the usage idiom in choice D is also wrong. Prohibit X from verb-ing, not Noun (as used in choice D) Please, correct me if I'm wrong.
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if 'them' in D is wrong, what would be the correct replacement for 'them' in D?
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Re: In an attempt to guarantee the security of its innovative [#permalink]
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prohibiting that its water purification methods be disclosed to companies ---- The use of the command subjunctive is not idiomatic when used with prohibit. (according to Ron) prohibiting them from the disclosing of its water purification methods to any company --- them -a plural is wrong to denote the singular each employee prohibiting disclosure of its water purification methods to any company --- right choicethat would prohibit them from disclosure of its water purification methods to companies— them - is again a problem that would prohibit its water purification methods to be disclosed to a company--- prohibit cannot be coupled with an infinitive – to be disclosed -
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