Unlike psychiatrists, who are trained as medical doctors,

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Unlike psychiatrists, who are trained as medical doctors,   psychologists have historically been forbidden from prescribing their patient drugs, but in 2002 New Mexico began to grant the privilege of prescribing  to licensed, doctoral level psychologists who complete an additional training and certification program.

A.

B. psychologists have historically been forbidden to prescribe drugs for their patients, but in 2002 New Mexico began granting prescribing privileges

C. psychologists have historically been forbidden to prescribe their patients drugs, but in 2002 in New Mexico, the privilege to prescribe began to be granted

D. historically psychologists have been forbidden from prescribing their patients drugs, but in 2002 New Mexico began to grant the privilege of prescribing

E. historically psychologists have been forbidden from prescribing drugs for their patients, but in 2002 in New Mexico, they began granting prescribing privileges.

Professor · Answer

ididom: forbidden to.

B. psychologists have historically been forbidden to prescribe drugs for their patients, but in 2002 New Mexico began granting prescribing privileges

remgeo · Answer

I agree that ans = B. But I chose B for other reasons to those listed. 

"Forbidden from" using something 
and "Forbidden to" use something are both correct, isnt it.

GMATT73 · Answer

prohibit to~
forbidden from~

Many peolple (myself included) confuse these idioms.

(B) should be it.

giddi77 · Answer

Experts, Agree with B. But I have a Question. Is there any difference between the following? Whis one is correct/better or Are they the same :roll:

....but in 2002 New Mexico began granting prescribing privileges ....but in 2002 New Mexico began to grant prescribing privileges

vivek123 · Answer

For me they appear same

I may be grammatically wrong

jlui4477 · Answer

OA is B

trivikram · Answer

I think "forbidden" and "granting" are the participles here and they need to be in the aprticiple form to stay in parallael.

Paul: Can you explain please?

alefiya · Answer

Can someone explain why A, C, D, and E are incorrect? I am still unclear on whether "forbidden from" is wrong.

goalsnr · Answer

A.psychologists have historically been forbidden from prescribing their patient drugs, but in 2002 New Mexico began to grant the privilege of prescribing
>>Forbidden from ->Incorrect 

B. psychologists have historically been forbidden to prescribe drugs for their patients, but in 2002 New Mexico began granting prescribing privileges
>>Correct

C. psychologists have historically been forbidden to prescribe their patients drugs, but in 2002 in New Mexico, the privilege to prescribe began to be granted
>>Awkward construction

D. historically psychologists have been forbidden from prescribing their patients drugs, but in 2002 New Mexico began to grant the privilege of prescribing
>>Incorrect comparisions.

E. historically psychologists have been forbidden from prescribing drugs for their patients, but in 2002 in New Mexico, they began granting prescribing privileges
>>Incorrect comparisions.

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