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by gmat_perfect » Sat Jul 03, 2010 10:53 am
The budget for education reflects the administration's demand that the money is controlled by local school districts, but it can only be spent on teachers, not on books, computers, or other materials or activities.

(A) the money is controlled by local school districts, but it can only be spent
(B) the money be controlled by local school districts, but it allows them to spend the money only
(C) the money is to be controlled by local school districts, but allowing it only to be spent
(D) local school districts are in control of the money, but it allows them to spend the money only
(E) local school districts are to be in control of the money, but it can only spend it


=>In D and E, It wrongly refers to "local school districts".
=> C is awkward.

Why is A out?
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by grockit_andrea » Sat Jul 03, 2010 11:11 am
gmat_perfect wrote:The budget for education reflects the administration's demand that the money is controlled by local school districts, but it can only be spent on teachers, not on books, computers, or other materials or activities.

(A) the money is controlled by local school districts, but it can only be spent
(B) the money be controlled by local school districts, but it allows them to spend the money only
(C) the money is to be controlled by local school districts, but allowing it only to be spent
(D) local school districts are in control of the money, but it allows them to spend the money only
(E) local school districts are to be in control of the money, but it can only spend it


=>In D and E, It wrongly refers to "local school districts".
=> C is awkward.

Why is A out?
Because this sentence deals with a demand, the subjunctive mood is appropriate, and therefore we use "be" instead of "is." Subjunctive isn't tested THAT often in sentence corrections on the GMAT, but if you're looking for a refresher, my colleague has written a helpful 8-part series on it, beginning here: https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2009/11/ ... -were-here
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