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The FDA enacted these recent restrictions both to prohibit individual physicians from forming financial partnerships with pharmaceutical companies and to forbid the companies to advertise directly to the physicians.

A. both to prohibit individual physicians from forming financial partnerships with pharmaceutical companies and to forbid the companies to advertise

B. both to prohibit individual physicians to form financial partnerships with pharmaceutical companies while forbidding the companies to advertise

C. to both prohibit individual physicians from forming financial partnerships with pharmaceutical companies and to forbid the companies from advertising

D. both to prohibit individual physicians from forming financial partnerships with pharmaceutical companies and to forbid the companies from advertising

E. to prohibit both individual physicians to form financial partnerships with pharmaceutical companies and to forbid the companies from advertising

D is the correct answer.

A. from forming financial partnerships ---- to advertise to the physicians ------------- Not parallel.

B. to prohibit ------- while forbidding ------- Not parallel.

C. to both prohibit ---- to forbid ------------- Not parallel.

D. Correct.

E. to prohibit both ------ to forbid the companies----- Not parallel.
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Guys you are not looking at "forbid to" vs "forbid from" Idiom.
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The FDA enacted these recent restrictions both to prohibit individual physicians from forming financial partnerships with pharmaceutical companies and to forbid the companies to advertise directly to the physicians.

A. both to prohibit individual physicians from forming financial partnerships with pharmaceutical companies and to forbid the companies to advertise
B. both to prohibit individual physicians to form financial partnerships with pharmaceutical companies while forbidding the companies to advertise
C. to both prohibit individual physicians from forming financial partnerships with pharmaceutical companies and to forbid the companies from advertising
D. both to prohibit individual physicians from forming financial partnerships with pharmaceutical companies and to forbid the companies from advertising
E. to prohibit both individual physicians to form financial partnerships with pharmaceutical companies and to forbid the companies from advertising

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