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One of Ronald Reaganâ€™s first acts as President was to rescind President Carterâ€™s directive that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries.

(A) that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries

(B) prohibiting the sale to other countries of any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States

(C) prohibiting that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States is sold to other countries

(D) that any chemical be prohibited from sale to other countries that was banned on medical grounds in the United States

(E) that any chemical banned in the United States on medical grounds is prohibited from being sold to other countries
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31 Aug 2006, 12:53

I like A.

E usage being

that is required so b and C are out.

Between A and C , I prefer A chemicals banned on medical grounds be prohibited from sale

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31 Aug 2006, 21:57

C is correct.

http://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic ... 212#219212
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01 Sep 2006, 14:21

buzzgaurav wrote:

C is correct.

http://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic ... 212#219212

Nopes. Its B. Idiomatic.

The question in the link has choices that are different from what we have here.

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01 Sep 2006, 18:11

paddyboy wrote:

buzzgaurav wrote:

C is correct.

http://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic ... 212#219212

Nopes. Its B. Idiomatic.

The question in the link has choices that are different from what we have here.

You are right. Thanks for the correction.
i meant to write B only :oops:

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01 Sep 2006, 18:23

My answer is B.
One of Ronald Reaganâ€™s first acts as President was to rescind President Carterâ€™s directive prohibiting the sale to other countries of any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States

My basis: directive should be near prohibiting

What's the OA?

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01 Sep 2006, 21:09

C, D and E are straight out.

A sounds like "United States be prohibited from sale to other countries". :lol:

So this should be B.
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07 Sep 2006, 20:28

adevarajan wrote:

Why is it not A?

In addition to Dahiya's comment, "directive that~" is, according to all my verbal resources, unidiomatic.

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12 Sep 2006, 15:17

So is there a correct idiom associated with "directive"?

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12 Sep 2006, 18:58

trivikram wrote:

So is there a correct idiom associated with "directive"?

Directive on is quite commonly used

I believe directive is always followed by an adjective or by some introductory phrase

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