The employees in our organization, unlike that in your organization

The proper idiom for "Forbid" is: Forbid X to do Y
Forbid should take an infinitive


(A) unlike that in your organization, are forbidden from discussing Incorrect for 2 reasons. i) Employees is plural, so we need "those" and not that. ii) "Forbidden from" is incorrect idiom

(B) contrasted to ones in your organization, are forbidden to discussing Discussing is incorrect here. We need the verb discuss

(C) unlike them in your organization, are forbidden to discuss - when referring to a different set of employees, we need "those" and not "them". Incorrect

(D) unlike those in your organization, are forbidden to discuss Correct

(E) unlike the employees in your organization, are forbidden from discussing Incorrect. Wrong idiom

(D)

The employees in our organization, unlike that in your organization, are forbidden from discussing client names or activities outside the office.

(A) unlike that in your organization, are forbidden from discussing -> "that" is a singular pronoun, we have "employees" is plural, So it is Subject verb agreement issue. Incorrect.

(B) contrasted to ones in your organization, are forbidden to discussing -> "to discussing" is incorrect.

(C) unlike them in your organization, are forbidden to discuss-> "them" is used in objective form, in general after verb. Incorrect.

(D) unlike those in your organization, are forbidden to discuss -> "those" is plural of "that and "those" refers back to "employees". So, comparison seems okay. Further, "forbidden to infinitive" is correct as well. Let's keep it.

(E) unlike the employees in your organization, are forbidden from discussing -> comparison seems okay. Now, Idiom is "forbidden from x to y"....We don't have "y". Incorrect.

So, I think D.

https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/thre ... is-correct


I think E suits better

I will go with 'The employees are forbidden from discussing'

IMO E

Between, D and E, I applied the VAN rule. Verbs > Nouns (Gerunds). So D for me.

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The employees in our organization, unlike that in your organization, are forbidden from discussing client names or activities outside the office.


(A) unlike that in your organization, are forbidden from discussing Incorrect

comparison error - that is singular, the employees plural

(B) contrasted to ones in your organization, are forbidden to discussing Incorrect

idioms error - contrasted to

(C) unlike them in your organization, are forbidden to discuss Incorrect

them uses wrong

(D) unlike those in your organization, are forbidden to discuss Correct

(E) unlike the employees in your organization, are forbidden from discussing Incorrect

between D & E

E - the employees seems redundant, those is better
not sure about idioms - X forbidden from Y, seems correct

IMO, D.

(A) unlike that in your organization, are forbidden from discussing --Incorrect; there are 2 errors in the sentence - pronoun error as the singular pronoun 'that ' refers to plural employees and secondly, idiomatic error as the correct idiom is forbid X to Y, not forbid X from Y (-ing)

(B) contrasted to ones in your organization, are forbidden to discussing --Incorrect; idiomatic error as forbid X to y (-ing) is used and usage of contrasted to is awkward.

(C) unlike them in your organization, are forbidden to discuss --Incorrect; pronoun error as object form them is used to refer to employees.

(D) unlike those in your organization, are forbidden to discuss --Correct; plural those and the correct idiom forbid..to are used.

(E) unlike the employees in your organization, are forbidden from discussing - Incorrect; idiomatic error

Official Explanation:

Answer: D

(A) Plural noun employees cannot be compared with that; we require those instead. Also, the correct idiom is forbidden to.

(B) Contrasted to is awkward and unidiomatic. Also, the correct expression is forbidden to discuss and not discussing.

(C) The use of them is incorrect; it should be those instead.

(D) The correct answer.

(E) The correct idiom is forbidden to and not forbidden from.

AndrewN

Need you to chip in. Forbidden from doing something is also right. Am I correct in saying this ?? If yes, E should be our answer.

Hello, warrior1991. Yes, forbidden from is perfectly acceptable, if not more commonly used to boot, at least in American English (the type tested on the GMAT™). With that said, I would still go with (D) here as the safer, more concise answer. That is, although there is nothing wrong with (E) grammatically, (D) conveys the same message using one fewer word. So the question really becomes, Is forbidden to a correct idiom? If the answer is yes, then (D) presents a more compelling case. I doubt the question would show up on the GMAT™, but that does not mean it cannot teach us anything.

I hope that helps. Thank you for thinking to ask me.

- Andrew

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