prohibiting

[selva.e]

In an attempt to guarantee the security of its innovative water purification method, the company required each employee to sign a confidentiality agreement [url]prohibiting that its water purification methods be disclosed to companies[/url] using an analogous purification process.

a. prohibiting that its water purification methods be disclosed to companies
b. prohibiting them from the disclosing of its water purification methods to any company
c. prohibiting disclosure of its water purification methods to any company
d. that would prohibit them from disclosure of its water purification methods to companies
e. that would prohibit its water purification methods to be disclosed to a company

i was in an assumption that prohibiting from is the idiom and prohibiting cannot be used independently unlike require.

Please advice.

[mangipudi]

a. prohibiting that its water purification methods be disclosed to companies
> incorrect idiom

b. prohibiting them from the disclosing of its water purification methods to any company
> 'Them' is incorrect

c. prohibiting disclosure of its water purification methods to any company
> This is correct.

d. that would prohibit them from disclosure of its water purification methods to companies
> 'them' is not correct.

e. that would prohibit its water purification methods to be disclosed to a company
> incorrect idiom

You can use 'prohibit' in 2 ways

... prohibit someone from doing something ..
The state will pass a law to prohibit everyone from smoking in public places.

... prohibiting someone from doing something ..
The state will pass a law prohibiting everyone from smoking in public places

... prohibiting something ..
The state will pass a law prohibiting smoking in public places.

The something is a noun (usually gerund)

[NIKESH_PAHUJA]

Can someone please explain in detail why E an A are wrong?

[atomy1985]

Can someone please explain in detail why E an A are wrong?

A has the incorrect idiom..
E illogically says that the company prohibits the methods but actually the disclosure of the methods should be prohibited..

[RonPurewal]

i was in an assumption that prohibiting from is the idiom and prohibiting cannot be used independently unlike require.

Please advice.

this assumption was incorrect, as you can see from the correct answer.

you can prohibit PERSON from VERBing.
you can also just prohibit X, where X is a noun (such as "the disclosure...").

[RonPurewal]

Can someone please explain in detail why E an A are wrong?

(a) is unidiomatic: you can't say "prohibiting that ... be ..."
this is not one of the idioms that takes the command subjunctive.

(e) is also unidiomatic. you can't "prohibit X to be Y".

[aflaamM589]

Hello Ron,
correct idiom is
prohibiting X from Ving
Is prohibiting X from the Ving also acceptable?
If not, then is it also another error in B?

Also, please help me understand a SVA concept in the context of this SC.
each employee is singular thus them cannot refer to it.
Can them refer to every employee?
Many thanks
P.S: pardon if i stepped a bit outside the ambit of this SC.

[RonPurewal]

Hello Ron,
correct idiom is
prohibiting X from Ving
Is prohibiting X from the Ving also acceptable?
If not, then is it also another error in B?

the usage of "a"/"an"/"the" is not tested on this exam.

[RonPurewal]

Can them refer to every employee?

no. "every x" is still singular. (you can tell because it's "employee", not "employees" -- there are no tricks here.)

[aflaamM589]

Thank you very much
Have a nice day : )

[RonPurewal]

you're welcome.