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by sudipto » Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:48 pm
65. The recently reelected president of Cyprus has asked that the United States would encourage Turkey, which invaded the island in 1974 and now controls their northern regions, to withdraw from his country.

B. of the United States that it would encourage Turkey, which invaded the island in 1974 and now controls their
C. that the United States would encourage Turkey, which invaded the island in 1974 and now controls its
D. that the United states encourage Turkey, which invaded the island in 1974 and now controls their
E. the United States to encourage Turkey, which invaded the island in 1974 and now controls its

OA is E
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by scoobydooby » Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:08 pm
A: has asked that US would. wrong tense. their has no clear referent
B: asked of the US that it would wrong usage. their has no clear referent
C: asked that the US would is wrong. their is corrected to "its" to refer to the island (Cyprus)

D: their at the end has no clear referent
E: its at the end refers to island -(Cyprus) correct[/u]
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by karmayogi » Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:40 pm
Mostly 'ask' is used in transitive form. Intransitive form of 'ask' is used for inquiry and request. When used for request usual 'ask' is followed by 'for' and not 'that'.

In the question, 'asked' is used in transitive form and hence it should followed by some object i.e. x asked y to encourage z to withdraw from his country.

Bang on the target! Answer E
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