Question: Unlike the law protecting endangered animals, the Fish and Wildlife Service’s listing of endangered plants does not prohibit collectors to take listed plants from the wild if in doing so they comply with state laws.

A) to take listed plants from the wild if in doing so they comply with state laws
B) from taking listed plants from the wild if they are so doing in compliance with state laws
C) from taking listed plants from the wild if in doing so they comply with state laws
D) who take listed plants from the wild should they be in compliance with state laws
E) that take listed plants from the wild so long as they are doing so by being in compliance with state laws

Correct Answer: (C)
Explanation: The Fish and Wildlife Service's catalog of endangered plants, that unlike law to protect endangered animals, does not forbid collectors from taking mentioned plants from the wild as long as they do so in accordance with state laws.

The concepts used here to correct the sentence are,

• Idioms
• Grammatical construction
• Meaning

When used in the underlined portion of the question, the correct answer will completely convey the intended meaning without any grammatical or other errors. Let us look at each option individually to find the best answer.

Option – C : Correct
Use of the idiom "prohibit X from Y" (verb). The remainder of the sentence reads well. This may seem a little wordy, but it's okay. Therefore this is the right choice.

Option – A : Incorrect
This sentence uses the idiom "prohibit to" incorrectly. Therefore this option is rejected.

Option – B : Incorrect
The phrase "prohibit from" is correctly used in this sentence. The correct arrangement, however, is not "if they are doing". Therefore this option is rejected.

Option – D : Incorrect
This is an alluring option because the proper relative pronoun to use after collectors is "who." However, using "prohibit" requires a verb rather than a noun (in this case collectors). The idiom's correct usage will have a connotation that forbids action, which is not the case in this instance. Therefore this option is rejected.

Option – E : Incorrect
The phrase "prohibit that take" is used incorrectly in this sentence. Also this sentence when put in the passage makes it overly wordy. Therefore this option is rejected.

From the explanations given above, it is clear that the third option is the right choice.

“Unlike the law protecting endangered animals, the Fish and Wildlife” - is a GMAT sentence correction question. Grammar mistakes are present in these questions, and we must select the appropriate response from the list of possibilities. The GMAT sentence correction topic has four options, and candidates must select the one that is appropriate. GMAT verbal includes the sentence correction section. It determines whether a candidate can identify the sentence's error. It also determines whether they can extract a context-specific idea or meaning.

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