Due to the highly sensitive nature of the court proceedings

[mcmebk]

Due to the highly sensitive nature of the court proceedings, the jury has been sequestered to prevent the leaking of information to the press.

1 has been sequestered to prevent the leaking of information
2 have been sequestered to prevent the leaking of information
3 has been sequestered to prevent them from leaking information
4 have been sequestered in an attempt to prevent them from leaking information
5 has been sequestered to prevent the leaks of information from them

The OA is A.

I have 2 doubts about this question though:

1. The usage of due to, since due to can be replaced by "caused by", so the proper usage of "due to" is when it is connected to a result rather than a process:

i.e: The serious landslide is due to the month long rain season - Ok

Serious landslide is likely to occur, due to the month long rain season - Not Ok.

2. When we use to...the implied subject is the subject of the preceding clause:

I stopped them seeing each other to prevent further arguments (I want to prevent further arguments);

They are forbidden from seeing each other to prevent further arguments (wrong, they are not to prevent further arguments);

They are forbidden from seeing each other to prevent them having further arguments (ok, since them is used).

This principle is cited from Manhattan Guide, please correct me if I am wrong.

Thanks.

[jlucero]

I'm curious about where you found this question, since it's an old question that has been taken out of our question banks for over a year. Every time that we find a question of ours that breaks a rule found in an official GMAC question, we update these questions and try to make them as GMAT-like as we possibly can. So it's a great question, and something that we've already worked to fix.

Also, it's fine when you're studying, but on test day, I hope you don't worry too much about things that aren't underlined!