Sentence Correction

36. Several financial officers of the company spoke on condition that they not be named in the press reports.

A. that they not be named
B. that their names will not be used
C. that their names are not used
D. of not having their names
E. of not naming them

OA B

Is the answer B?

Edit: On second though, i think it should A, Sentence requires subjunctive mood.

komal wrote:36. Several financial officers of the company spoke on condition that they not be named in the press reports.

A. that they not be named
B. that their names will not be used
C. that their names are not used
D. of not having their names
E. of not naming them

IMO A

subjunctive case

komal wrote:36. Several financial officers of the company spoke on condition that they not be named in the press reports.

A. that they not be named -Inapropriate usage.
B. that their names will not be used -appropriate.
C. that their names are not used -"will" is better suited than "are"
D. of not having their names } Usage of "of not" not correct as the ending of the sentence will not be correct.
E. of not naming them

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Whats the OA,komal??

komal wrote:36. Several financial officers of the company spoke on condition that they not be named in the press reports.

A. that they not be named
B. that their names will not be used
C. that their names are not used
D. of not having their names
E. of not naming them

Ans B seems to be more appropriate..
E 'of not naming them' means some new name is put for them
C future tense "will " will be used instead of " are"
D it also looks correct but B seems to be more appropriate..

well what is the OA

Option A for following reasons..

1. Subjunctive mood , it cab be rephrased as follows...they reqd that they not (to) be named.....

I'd go with A \
but i dont know why .

Can someone throw . some light on subjunctives ?

thanks

yeah....it is simply a wish of the the officers...It represents a degree of uncertainty whether it would be taken into account by the media or not....

I think it will do ...

komal wrote:36. Several financial officers of the company spoke on condition that they not be named in the press reports.

A. that they not be named
B. that their names will not be used
C. that their names are not used
D. of not having their names
E. of not naming them

My take is A. OA pls

Rajat Khandelwal wrote:Option A for following reasons..

1. Subjunctive mood , it cab be rephrased as follows...they reqd that they not (to) be named.....

But what is the problem in ans B "Rajat "

Auxiliary verb "Will" must not be used in subjunctive mood....?Infinitive form of the verb comes in subjunctive mood...with "To" hidden.

It will do..,shashank.

Rajat Khandelwal wrote:Auxiliary verb "Will" must not be used in subjunctive mood....?Infinitive form of the verb comes in subjunctive mood...with "To" hidden.

It will do..,shashank.

Well,though ur explanation holds,do you think B is too wordy to be the answer???
It is tough call b/w A and B.

After reading ur post,I immediately followed up on this link:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjunctive_mood#Usage

But I am still doubtful:-
Is B grammatically incorrect or is A more accurate??

@ harsh...
Option b doesnt conform to the rules of grammar ....

Rajat Khandelwal wrote:Auxiliary verb "Will" must not be used in subjunctive mood....?Infinitive form of the verb comes in subjunctive mood...with "To" hidden.

It will do..,shashank.

Ok I got it so i should go with A as a benefit of doubt...as only one option is to be checked in real exams..

I hope in real exams such confusing option doesn't pop up ....

Harsh u can say that B is too wordy ,... but it is not that much that it could be rejected...but A is also correct so go with A.

If anyone can help us out for B being wrong grammaticaly it would be of greta help..

I gave a search on this query...

https://www.beatthegmat.com/several-fina ... 67-15.html

over there it says OA : A,

but here OA is B...

Whats the source??