Controversial mortgage laws passed last year state

[prajeen_v]

Controversial mortgage laws passed last year state that, if at any point during the maturation period of the loan the person in whose name it is taken is not able to meet the payments, that person’s spouse will have responsibilities that include paying the balance.

1. will have responsibilities that include
2. will be responsible to pay
3. is responsible to pay
4. will be responsible for paying
5. is responsible for paying

Ans: D


Japan's abundant rainfall and the typically mild temperature throughout most of the country have produced a lush vegetation cover and, despite the mountainous terrain and generally poor soils, it has made possible the raising of a variety of crops.

A. it has made possible the raising of
B. has made possible for them to raise
C. have made it possible to raise
D. have made it possible for raising
E. thus making it possible for them to raise.

Ans: C

I have posted two questions to explain my confusion. Please pardon me.
For both the above questions, the decision between the shortlisted two answers (B and D for first question, C and D for second) was taken according to the correct idiom usage.

I get really confused when i choose between a '+ing' form and 'to + verb' form

Is there a way select the correct form even if i do not know the correct idiom.

Following is something that i have read from one forum but it did not helped me in the above cases.

"if you have to choose between an "ing" verb and the infinitive AFTER another verb, always choose the infinitive. When the verb does not follow another verb, the participle ("ing" form) is usually correct.
a. Coronary angiography, a sophisticated method used for diagnosing coronary ..."
i. we'd say "to diagnose" instead of "for diagnosing".
b. Coronary angiography, a sophisticated method for diagnosing coronary disease
i. Here "˜for diagnosing’ is correct
"

Please help me to understand this split.
regards

[prajeen_v]

Hello,
Can you somebody help me here?
Is there anything that i should do in the message to make the message eligible to reply?
regards

[tim]

the way to get a response is to wait until one of our instructors gets to it. the best way not to get a response is to respond to your own post, because it pushes yours to the back of the line..

rather than answering your question here, i'll refer you to Ron's answer at http://www.beatthegmat.com/controversia ... 73331.html. please pay particular attention to his caution against using questions from unverified sources, as the questions you post are quite dodgy..