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Most states impose limitations on the authority of the legislature to borrow money, with their objectives being to protect taxpayers and the credit of the state government.
A. to borrow money, with their objectives being to protect
B. to borrow money, the objectives of which are the protecting of
C. to borrow money, limitations intended to protect
D. for borrowing money, of which the objective is protecting
E. for borrowing money, limitations with the intent of protecting
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Re: Most states impose limitations on the authority [#permalink]
25 Nov 2012, 04:46
is c the correct answer?
option c expresses the purpose of the limitations very clearly.
please indicate the source..
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tinashine20 wrote: Most states impose limitations on the authority of the legislature to borrow money, with their objectives being to protect taxpayers and the credit of the state government.
A. to borrow money, with their objectives being to protect
B. to borrow money, the objectives of which are the protecting of
C. to borrow money, limitations intended to protect
D. for borrowing money, of which the objective is protecting
E. for borrowing money, limitations with the intent of protecting Answer : Guess the answer should be C A : Incorrect use of 'being' B : to borrow....to protect should be used C : Correct D : 'for borrowing' is incorrect E : 'for borrowing' is incorrect
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Re: Most states impose limitations on the authority [#permalink]
25 Nov 2012, 11:04
Most states impose limitations on the authority of the legislature to borrow money, with their objectives being to protect taxpayers and the credit of the state government.
A. to borrow money, with their objectives being to protect to borrow correct but being to is not preferred.
B. to borrow money, the objectives of which are the protecting of to borrow correct, but of which are the awkward and wordy
C. to borrow money, limitations intended to protect to borrow, limitations intended - correct meaning and concise
D. for borrowing money, of which the objective is protecting for borrowing money - incorrect
E. for borrowing money, limitations with the intent of protectingfor borrowing money - incorrect
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Re: Most states impose limitations on the authority [#permalink]
25 Nov 2012, 13:57
A. to borrow money, with their objectives being to protect. -- Being not needed
B. to borrow money, the objectives of which are the protecting of -- Parallelism issue
C. to borrow money, limitations intended to protect. -- Correct
D. for borrowing money, of which the objective is protecting. -- to borrow is correct here
E. for borrowing money, limitations with the intent of protecting --- Same as D
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Re: Most states impose limitations on the authority [#permalink]
25 Nov 2012, 21:09
Yes C is the correct answer....
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25 Nov 2012, 21:09
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