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The North American bald eagle is no longer threatened with imminent extinction, primarily on account of prohibiting hunting and the ban of a poisonous pesticide have led to a rebound in the eagle population.
(A) on account of prohibiting
(B) on account of their prohibiting
(C) because prohibitions on
(D) because of prohibiting
(E) because they prohibit

Straight C

“prohibitions on X and the ban of Y”
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The North American bald eagle is no longer threatened with imminent extinction, primarily on account of prohibiting hunting and the ban of a poisonous pesticide have led to a rebound in the eagle population.
(A) on account of prohibiting
(B) on account of their prohibiting
(C) because prohibitions on
(D) because of prohibiting
(E) because they prohibit

The issue is the ambiguity of the pronoun "they" - who is they? According the structure of the sentence, this would imply the bald eagle is doing the prohibiting which is clearly wrong. because x and because y or because x and y

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The North American bald eagle is no longer threatened with imminent extinction, primarily on account of prohibiting hunting and the ban of a poisonous pesticide have led to a rebound in the eagle population.

(A) on account of prohibiting
(B) on account of their prohibiting
(C) because prohibitions on
(D) because of prohibiting
(E) because they prohibit

This question is based on Idiomatic Usage and Parallelism.

Options A and B lack parallelism. The participle ‘prohibiting’ is not parallel to the noun ‘ban’. Since these are the reasons that the bald eagle is no longer threatened with extinction, the two phrases must be similar in form and structure.
Furthermore, the phrase “on account of” means ‘as the result of’. So, the sentence would read - The North American bald eagle is no longer threatened with imminent extinction, primarily as the result of prohibiting hunting and the ban of a poisonous pesticide have led… The resulting sentence does not require the verb “have led” as the phrase conveys a modifier that provides a reason. The sentence should end at the noun ‘pesticide’. So, Options A and B can be eliminated.


Option D also lacks parallelism. So, Option D can also be eliminated.

Option E also lacks parallelism. Moreover, the pronoun ‘they’ has no appropriate antecedent. So, Option E can be eliminated.

In Option C, the noun ‘prohibitions’ is parallel to the noun ‘ban’.
The construction of this option makes the noun phrase “prohibitions on hunting and the ban of a poisonous pesticide” the subject of the verb “have led”. Therefore, C is the most appropriate option.

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wouldn't the correct idiomatic usage be "because of prohibitions on" instead of "because prohibitions on" ?
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wouldn't the correct idiomatic usage be "because of prohibitions on" instead of "because prohibitions on" ?

Hello 0Lucky0,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, the correct term to use here is "because", since the cause of the eagle no longer being threatened with extinction is conveyed in the form of a clause - "prohibitions on hunting and the ban of a poisonous pesticide have led to a rebound in the eagle population".

We hope this helps.
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wouldn't the correct idiomatic usage be "because of prohibitions on" instead of "because prohibitions on" ?

Hello 0Lucky0,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, the correct term to use here is "because", since the cause of the eagle no longer being threatened with extinction is conveyed in the form of a clause - "prohibitions on hunting and the ban of a poisonous pesticide have led to a rebound in the eagle population".

We hope this helps.
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oops, Yea, silly question. I didn't pay enough attention. :P Thank you for your help with this. :) Really appreciate it. :)
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