Undoubtedly A..Bossy Verb + that + subject + verb

IMO A ME ALSO SATISFIED WITH THE EXPLANATION

The answer is A.

my official answer is A.i was confused between A and E and earlier chose e but later A as it sounds more better and wordier to me.

A.

Ah! I took 1.5 mins to answer this one but got it correct.

I was down to A and E at the end. Subjunctive mood came as a savior and removed the 'S' from 'Provides'. Eliminated option E.

Ans -OPTION A

I went with A, although it looks like A and E are similar in the original post.

The Russian government, in response to the actions of an American adoptive mother who sent her adopted son back to Russia, may demand that an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture; some argue that such actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.

(A) may demand that an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture; some argue that such actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest. Best option.

(B) may demand an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture; some argue that such actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest. In subjunctive, specially after words such as "demand", "mandate" "require"... "that" is necessary

(C) may demand that an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture, and actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest. Successive part of the sentence is ungrammatical

(D) may demand that an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture; actions that could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest. The successive clause is not independent, semi colon is incorrectly used

(E) may demand that an American adoptive parent provides his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture; some argue that such actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.
The sentence is of subjunctive mood... "provides" should be "provide"

I have been caught off-guard completely; I pretty confidently chose E over A; not able to quiet clearly understand the explanation..I am unable to decipher the error, in fact quiet clearly i see subject verb disagreement in A.

(A)
may demand that---subjunctive....;some....

The Russian government, in response to the actions of an American adoptive mother who sent her adopted son back to Russia, may demand that an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture; some argue that such actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.

(A) may demand that an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture; some argue that such actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.

(B) may demand an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture; some argue that such actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.

(C) may demand that an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture, and actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.

(D) may demand that an American adoptive parent provide his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture; actions that could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.

(E) may demand that an American adoptive parent provides his or her child with an environment that preserves the child's Russian language and culture; some argue that such actions could sacrifice children's lives to a phantom national interest.


Undoubtedly A is the best out of the 5 answer choices...

You require to understand the subjunctive for this sentence.

Option D changes the meaning of the sentence...

hope this helps!!!

In option C) there's a comma before "and". Can we consider it an error?

eccentric wrote:I have been caught off-guard completely; I pretty confidently chose E over A; not able to quiet clearly understand the explanation..I am unable to decipher the error, in fact quiet clearly i see subject verb disagreement in A.

:arrow: This thread has an expert explanation which should help.
https://www.beatthegmat.com/subjunctive- ... tml#396410

A... It took 3 reading to understand the difference between A and E

Answer is def A. Also satisfied with the explaination provided.