The employees in our organization, unlike that in your organization

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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

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

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

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

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

kalapathi · Answer

E. Forbidden from> forbidden to

Basher · Answer

D: those for employees and forbidden to discuss are correct

sudeshpatodiya · Answer

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)

TarunKumar1234 · Answer

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

manan subba · Answer

https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/thre ... is-correct I think E suits better

ramlala · Answer

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

IMO E

ravigupta2912 · Answer

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

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winterschool · Answer

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

acegmat20 · Answer

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

Bunuel · Answer

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 .

warrior1991 · Answer

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.

AndrewN · 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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