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by gmatmachoman » Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:26 pm
After having wintered in what is now known as James Bay, the southern pocket of the huge bay that would be named for Henry Hudson, some of his crew mandated for Hudson to leave the ship.

A. some of his crew mandated for Hudson to leave the ship.

B. some of his crew mandated that Hudson be forced to leave the ship.

C. some of his crew mandated for forcing Hudson to leave the ship.

D. some of his crew had a mandate that Hudson be forced to leave the ship.

E. some of his crew mandated to Hudson be forced to leave the ship.
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by hrishi19884 » Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:39 pm
gmatmachoman wrote:After having wintered in what is now known as James Bay, the southern pocket of the huge bay that would be named for Henry Hudson, some of his crew mandated for Hudson to leave the ship.

A. some of his crew mandated for Hudson to leave the ship.

B. some of his crew mandated that Hudson be forced to leave the ship.

C. some of his crew mandated for forcing Hudson to leave the ship.

D. some of his crew had a mandate that Hudson be forced to leave the ship.

E. some of his crew mandated to Hudson be forced to leave the ship.
I will put my money on A.

A - "mandated for" idiom . Also, "crew mandated" correct tense as the action has taken place after After having wintered .

B - forcing is redundant for mandated.

C - "had a mandate" means that the action has taken place before having wintered.

D- forced redundant

E - forced redundant.
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by gmatmachoman » Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:40 pm
sorry hrishi, give one more try!!
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:42 pm
I would choose B. This is testing the command subjunctive.

The form for that is

subject bossy verb That Command subjunctive
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by hrishi19884 » Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:51 pm
gmatmachoman wrote:sorry hrishi, give one more try!!
Yes B could be the one .....though "forced" and "mandated" are redundant

"mandated that " is also idiom and "Hudson be forced" is always better than " for Hudson to leave"

Is it B?
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by hrishi19884 » Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:52 pm
osirus0830 wrote:I would choose B. This is testing the command subjunctive.

The form for that is

subject bossy verb That Command subjunctive
Thanks a ton!
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by gmatmachoman » Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:56 pm
Osirus..well done!!

OA : B

and it uses "subjunctive" concept

Gud attempt Hrishi.
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by rahul.s » Sun Feb 07, 2010 1:53 am
i opted for the right answer choice because that was the only one that sounded right to my ear. could someone throw some light on the 'command subjunctive' and 'subjunctive' concepts?

and which is the right idiom: mandate for or mandate that?
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by hrishi19884 » Sun Feb 07, 2010 2:05 am
rahul.s wrote:i opted for the right answer choice because that was the only one that sounded right to my ear. could someone throw some light on the 'command subjunctive' and 'subjunctive' concepts?

and which is the right idiom: mandate for or mandate that?
Actually, I don't know much about 'command subjunctive' and 'subjunctive' concepts

But both idioms are right. Also, "mandate" is like ordering something to someone.

So if we use "mandate that" the word "be " is necessary ..that what OA does.

The only problem with A is --"mandated for Hudson to....(verb)" is awkward
It should have been --- "mandated for Hudson .......(noun)" is correct.

"mandated for" should be used for "noun"

Example : Students mandated for new PC's. Here PC is the noun and not verb ----hence correct
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by sumanr84 » Sun Feb 07, 2010 3:28 am
Even if you don't know subjunctive concept u can crack this Q..( im also weak in subjunctive )

"mandated that " is the correct Idiom so that only leaves us with only 2 options - B and D.

D is eliminated due to "had"
"had a mandate" means that the mandate was decided before crew wintered in James Bay.

So correct ans - B
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by bhumika.k.shah » Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:42 am
B :)

damn tht was risky :-P
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by bhumika.k.shah » Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:49 am
The correct idiom is mandate that.

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rahul.s wrote:i opted for the right answer choice because that was the only one that sounded right to my ear. could someone throw some light on the 'command subjunctive' and 'subjunctive' concepts?

and which is the right idiom: mandate for or mandate that?
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