[#3] SC Challenge: Proposal --- Challenge closed - No Winner

1. Time yourself 2. The correct and the fastest wins 3. Write your solution, your method and time taken , please Answers in 24 hrs or after atleast 10 responses…whichever is earlier. According to some analysts, whatever *its me…

1. Time yourself
2. The correct and the fastest wins
3. Write your solution, your method and time taken , please

Answers in 24 hrs or after atleast 10 responses..whichever is earlier.

According to some analysts, whatever its merits, the proposal to tax away all capital gains on short-term investments would, if enacted, have a disastrous effect on Wall Street trading and employment.

(A) its merits, the proposal to tax
(B) its merits may be, the proposal of taxing
(C) its merits as a proposal, taxing
(D) the proposal's merits, to tax
(E) the proposal's merits are, taxing

Answer is D

Time 20 seconds

---- E ----

Time: 40 seconds
Reason: Sounded like the correct usage when spoken.

Answer is B

the sentence becomes quite coherent by using that phrase..

Time taken :20 sec

Prateek

E- 25 secs type

A is the correct answer.

look at the latter half of the sentence. it includes "if enacted"..that suggests that we should have "proposal" in that very clause. Only A and B meet that requirement

Now we come to usage issues. Since the action is yet to be implemented, use of an "-ing" form is incorrect. An infinitive is more appropriate. Also, "may be" in B is redundant and is not required for the meaning to be clear.

Thus, A is best.

Aejaj,
don't u think A) is grammitically wrong ??

"the proposal to tax away ...... have a"

isn't this wrong?

-amith


nope, its not

the proposal to tax away....would, if enacted, have...

ok now?

Hi Aejaz,
The SC challenge questions were really good.
I request you to kindly keep posting these type of Q's to PG.It will be really helpfull for beginners like me.

Thanks
PK