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The university science library, as most libraries, prohibits students 12 Jul 2018, 03:28
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The university science library, as most libraries, prohibits students to borrow rare, expensive, or popular reference materials; such materials are designated for use in the library only.


A. as most libraries, prohibits students to borrow

B. like most libraries, prohibits students from borrowing

C. as most libraries, will prohibit a student from borrowing

D. like most libraries, prohibits students to borrow

E. like most libraries that prohibit a student from borrowing
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The university science library, as most libraries, prohibits students 12 Jul 2018, 03:42
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The idiom is Prohibit from + ing, so A and D out.

E changes the meaning and do not have Subject + Verb in the main clause.

C out because with nouns we need like instead of as.

Hence, B is the answer for me.

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The university science library, as most libraries, prohibits students 12 Jul 2018, 03:48
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+1 for B.

A. as most libraries, prohibits students to borrow
B. like most libraries, prohibits students from borrowing --> Correct, 'like' is used to compare nouns, and uses correct idiom 'Prohibit...from'
C. as most libraries, will prohibit a student from borrowing
D. like most libraries, prohibits students to borrow
E. like most libraries that prohibit a student from borrowing (No main verb)

Hence, B.
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The POE here is as vs like. We need like because it is used to compare nouns.
Prohibit to vs prohibit from - prohibit from is correct.
Between B and E, we prefer B because we need to compare for which 'like most libraries' should be a modifier. Hence B
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The university science library, as most libraries, prohibits students 12 Jul 2018, 04:03
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The university science library, as most libraries, prohibits students to borrow rare, expensive, or popular reference materials; such materials are designated for use in the library only.


A. as most libraries, prohibits students to borrow

B. like most libraries, prohibits students from borrowing

C. as most libraries, will prohibit a student from borrowing

D. like most libraries, prohibits students to borrow

E. like most libraries that prohibit a student from borrowing


The best answer is B. we have to use like to compare Noun. Prohibit ................from is the perfect idiom.
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The university science library, as most libraries, prohibits students Updated on: 16 Dec 2022, 15:45
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Use the idiom Prohibit X from Y to eliminate what you can. Then recognize that for a general truth you should not use WILL.

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The university science library, as most libraries, prohibits students to borrow rare, expensive, or popular reference materials; such materials are designated for use in the library only.


A. as most libraries, prohibits students to borrow- As is used with verbs and like is used with nouns. Here, we have a noun so like should be used.

B. like most libraries, prohibits students from borrowing- Correct.

C. as most libraries, will prohibit a student from borrowing- Same as A.

D. like most libraries, prohibits students to borrow- the idiom is prohibits from and not prohibits to.

E. like most libraries that prohibit a student from borrowing- prohibits (singular) has to be used since library is singular.

Hence, B should be the answer.
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