The North American bald eagle is no longer threatened with imminent ex

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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

Abhishek009 · Answer

Correct Idiomatic usage is Prohibit/Prohibiting X from Verb+ing

None except (C) follows the rule...

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

Further the sentence maintains //ism-

Prohobition of X  AND  Ban on Y

Hence IMHO (C) is the best answer

daagh · Answer

A) on account of prohibiting -- -- the modifier consists of a phrase and a clause – Unparallel

(B) on account of their prohibiting --- ‘T heir’ has no referent’ , in addition to the modifier being unparallel as in A 
 
(C) because prohibitions on ---  correct choice. The complex sentence is properly constructed with a main and a subordinate clause

(D) because of prohibiting --- unparallel subordinate clause .

(E)  because they prohibit -- ‘they’ has no refe rent

ydmuley · Answer

Straight C

“prohibitions on X and the ban of Y”

Nunuboy1994 · Answer

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

C

AliciaSierra · Answer

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CrackverbalGMAT · Answer

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 .
 
Jayanthi Kumar.

0Lucky0 · Answer

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

ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

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.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team

0Lucky0 · Answer

oops, Yea, silly question. I didn't pay enough attention.

Thank you for your help with this.

Really appreciate it.

The North American bald eagle is no longer threatened with imminent ex

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