Federal legislation establishing a fund for the cleanup of

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15. Federal legislation establishing a fund for the cleanup of sites damaged by toxic chemicals permits  compensating state governments for damage to  their natural resources but does not allow claims for injury to people.
(A) compensating state governments for damage to
(B) compensating state governments for the damaging of
(C) giving state governments compensation for damaging
(D) giving compensation to state governments for the damage of
(E) the giving of compensation to state governments for damaging

GMATT73 · Answer

A.  Damage to  is to correct idiom. Clearly money won`t be given to the state governments for damaging their inviornments.

Antmavel · Answer

this one was tought, I didnt know the idiom
good one

desiguy · Answer

Another A.

Damage to is the correct idiom. Also "to" is parallel to the second part "to"

rigger · Answer

C and E are incorrect: Sounds like state governments are doing the "damaging"

D is incorrect since "damage of" is unidiomatic

B is incorrect since "for the damaging of" is wordy

I pick A since uses the idiomatic "for the damage to" and is the most concise.

nakib77 · Answer

OA is indeed A. 

Once again.... good job.

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