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Re: Congress has enacted legislation forbidding state and local [#permalink]
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aaron22197 wrote:
What's wrong wit B ?


Forbid to is the right Idiom - Clear C!!


Yeah it's a test of idiom 'forbid to' not forbid from or forbid for.
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Re: Congress has enacted legislation forbidding state and local [#permalink]
How to remember all the idioms? :(
spider wrote:
aaron22197 wrote:
What's wrong wit B ?


Forbid to is the right Idiom - Clear C!!
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Re: Congress has enacted legislation forbidding state and local [#permalink]
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Congress has enacted legislation forbidding state and local governments from raising taxes on connections that link consumers to the Internet for the next three years.

A) forbidding state and local governments from raising taxes on connections that link consumers to the Internet for the next three years
-- present progressive tense is not required. also, the modifying phrase is incorrectly placed.
B)that forbids state and local governments for the next three years from raising taxes on connections that link consumers to the Internet
--forbids X from raising Y - Use of present progressive tense in "raising" is appropriate.
C)that for the next three years forbids state and local governments to raise taxes on connections that link consumers to the Internet
--forbids X to raise Y -- "to raise" doesn't seem appropriate.
D)forbidding for the next three years to state and local governments the raising of taxes on connections that link consumers to the Internet
-- present progressive tense is not required.
E)that forbids for the next three years state and local governments from raising taxes on connections that link consumers to the Internet
--verb forbids takes a direct object therefore here the usage is incorrect.
I do not agree with the answer or may beI am missing something. Let's discuss and I will post the OA


Thanks for posting a good question. IMO the answer is (b)
also, can anyone suggest whether the following are idiomatic-
1.forbids X to raise Y
2.forbids X from raising Y
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Re: Congress has enacted legislation forbidding state and local [#permalink]
The idiom is "forbid to".
All of the other choices use "forbid for" or "forbid from".

So its C.
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Re: Congress has enacted legislation forbidding state and local [#permalink]
sondenso wrote:
ldpedroso wrote:
Consulting teh MGMAT Sentence Correction Guide, it says that the GMAT "prefers" the idiom Forbid to


I think it is not because "preference" here, it is, you pay attention to the movement of modifier "for the next three years", you will see what I mean! :lol:


agreed. it uses the unidiomatic "forbid for" instead of "forbid from".
thanks ldpedroso +1
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