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One of the most significant aspects of the act is that it empowers the province to try and set restrictions for the amount that will be paid by the government for a particular drug under this legislation.

A) and set restrictions for the amount that will be paid by the government

B) and set restrictions on the amount able to be paid by the government

C) setting restrictions for the amount the government is allowed to pay

D) to set restrictions on the amount capable of being paid by the government

E) to set restrictions on the amount that will be paid by the government
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One of the most significant aspects of the act is that it empowers the province to try and set restrictions for the amount that will be paid by the government for a particular drug under this legislation.

A) and set restrictions for the amount that will be paid by the government

B) and set restrictions on the amount able to be paid by the government

C) setting restrictions for the amount the government is allowed to pay

D) to set restrictions on the amount capable of being paid by the government

E) to set restrictions on the amount that will be paid by the government
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Dear Vyshak,

I'm happy to respond. :-) This is not a high quality question.

Split #1: the construction "try and [verb]" is an American colloquial construction that is grammatically incorrect. Eliminate (A) & (B). It really overkill having two answer choices with this mistake.

Now, the three remaining choices
(C) looks good: direct and powerful

(D) is incredibly awkward, and has the strange passive construction; this is wrong.

(E) this also phrases things in an indirect passive way; this is wrong.

Vyshak, did you post the correct OA? It's beyond me how anyone who knows anything about the GMAT SC could say that (E) is right and (C) is wrong. Something is off here. Even aside from this, this is not a well-constructed question.

Here's a high quality GMAT SC practice question:
What the eye sees

Does all this make sense?
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mikemcgarry I think C is the answer too.
I agree with try and verb is incorrect.
A and B are out because of that
Being is wrong in answer D
I personally think you have too many "to" for answer E. Therefore, C is the answer.
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Hi mikemcgarry,

The source of the above question is GMAT FREE.

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Creating a filter: the sentence as written has an error at "try and set," which is not an allowed phrase in precise English. It's one action, not two, and the action is "try to set."

Applying the filter: our filter points us to (D) and (E). Choice (D) uses the gerund "being paid" without need. Choice (E) has passive voice but looks good. We check (C) - is there definitely an objective defect in (C)? Yes: "restrictions for" is not the English idiom; it's "restrictions on." The correct answer is (E).

Note: there is a difference between "try setting" and "try to set." In the first case, we know that we'll be able to do the setting, we're "trying" it to see what the result will be. In the second case, we don't know whether we will be able to set in the first place, but we are attempting to do so.
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This may be a poor quality question, but I want to ask whether 'restrictions for the amount' is a valid idiom? Even I eliminated C thinking that the option has an idiom error.
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Hi mikemcgarry,

The source of the above question is GMAT FREE.

Here is the OE:
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Creating a filter: the sentence as written has an error at "try and set," which is not an allowed phrase in precise English. It's one action, not two, and the action is "try to set."

Applying the filter: our filter points us to (D) and (E). Choice (D) uses the gerund "being paid" without need. Choice (E) has passive voice but looks good. We check (C) - is there definitely an objective defect in (C)? Yes: "restrictions for" is not the English idiom; it's "restrictions on." The correct answer is (E).

Note: there is a difference between "try setting" and "try to set." In the first case, we know that we'll be able to do the setting, we're "trying" it to see what the result will be. In the second case, we don't know whether we will be able to set in the first place, but we are attempting to do so.

This may be a poor quality question, but I want to ask whether 'restrictions for the amount' is a valid idiom? Even I eliminated C thinking that the option has an idiom error.
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Dear Vyshak,

I'm happy to respond. :-)

Here's what I'll say. Some idioms have a black/white quality--one phrasing is 100% right and another is 100% wrong. For example,
... able to understand .... = 100% right
... able for understanding .... = 100% wrong
There's no ambiguity in that case. In this case, "restrictions on" is 100% correct and formal, but "restrictions for" is more in a grey area, not ideal, not the best, probably not something that would be correct on the GMAT, but not jarringly wrong the way that the above example is. I also see now that (C) changes the meaning slightly, from "have to pay" to "allowed to pay." So (C) has problems. It's just that (E) is an awkward disaster. There is nothing satisfying about the question, the way an official question is deeply intellectually satisfying.

Here are some free GMAT idiom flashcards.

Does all this make sense?
Mike :-)
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