1000 SC #559

by **gter** Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:22 am

559. One of Ronald Reagan’s first acts as President was to rescind President Carter’s directive that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries.
(A) that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries
(B) that any chemical be prohibited from sale to other countries that was banned on medical grounds in the United States
(C) prohibiting the sale to other countries of any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States
(D) prohibiting that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States is sold to other countries
(E) that any chemical banned in the United States on medical grounds is prohibited from being sold to other countries

Can someone please explain why the answer is C instead of A? I like A because the subjuntive is used (i.e. 'be').

by **Hei** Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:50 am

I thought that it shouldn't be subjunctive since it is not an order or suggestion.
I will eliminate A and B.
I thought that C was wrong because it didn't have a comma (although having the comma kind of makes the specific "President Carter’s directive" not as importance as it originally is in the sentence).
E seems correct to me although it is kind of wordy.
Comment?

by GA Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:35 am

This is a modifier question so the statement which follows the word directive shall explain this directive.

Choice C correctly uses participial phrase that modifies directive.

Choice D is wrong; usage of that is redundant and passive voice makes it awkward.

choice E is also awkward: Being is used and also the passive construction makes it wordy.
choice B says: the countries were banned rather than chemicals

choice A is wrong; intead it should say : that prohibits the sale of banned chemicals from other countries..

Please correct me if I am wrong.

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