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by callmemo » Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:31 pm
Once a trade secret is disclosed, its value is gone so it is essential to maintain proper safeguards within your business and require all employees to sign carefully drafted nondisclosure agreements.

A. its value is gone so it is essential to maintain proper safeguards within your business and require all employees to sign
B. its value is gone so it is essential to maintain proper safeguards within your business and require that all employees sign
C. it's value is gone so it is essential to maintain proper safeguards within your business and require that all employees sign
D. its value is gone so it is essential that you maintain proper safeguards within your business and requires that all employees sign
E. its value is gone so essentially you maintain proper safeguards within your business and require that all employees sign

OA: A

Source: Veritas
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by parallel_chase » Sun Dec 07, 2008 9:25 pm
I think it should B instead of A.

In subjunctive & imperative mood we use

verb + that + bare infinitive

C - it's = it is incorrect

D - essential you maintain incorrect

E - essentially you maintain incorrect

Am I missing something?
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by ronniecoleman » Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:19 pm
IMO A


what is the source of this question ???

its value is gone so it is essential to maintain proper saferguards within your business and require all employees to sign
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by vittalgmat » Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:24 pm
IMO it is B.
In the subjunctive mood, "require that" is appropriate.

Also "saferguards" should be read as "safeguards"
- a typo in translation !!
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by vishubn » Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:35 pm
I go for A as well tomaintain and require to sign

sourse is veritas !

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by rohangupta83 » Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:27 am
parallel_chase wrote:I think it should B instead of A.

In subjunctive & imperative mood we use

verb + that + bare infinitive

C - it's = it is incorrect

D - essential you maintain incorrect

E - essentially you maintain incorrect

Am I missing something?
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It should be B
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by rohangupta83 » Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:31 am
ronniecoleman wrote:IMO A


what is the source of this question ???

its value is gone so it is essential to maintain proper saferguards within your business and require all employees to sign
If you are seeking parallelism as an explanation, I'd have to differ on that

For parallelism to come into play, the answer should have been

its value is gone so it is essential to maintain proper saferguards within your business and to require all employees to sign[/quote] - but then the sentence doesn't make sense.
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by ronniecoleman » Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:28 am
rohangupta83 wrote:
ronniecoleman wrote:IMO A


what is the source of this question ???

its value is gone so it is essential to maintain proper saferguards within your business and require all employees to sign
If you are seeking parallelism as an explanation, I'd have to differ on that

For parallelism to come into play, the answer should have been

its value is gone so it is essential to maintain proper saferguards within your business and to require all employees to sign
- but then the sentence doesn't make sense.[/quote]



it is not necessary to include the second "to" in the sentence
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by pbanavara » Mon Dec 08, 2008 7:16 pm
ronniecoleman wrote:
rohangupta83 wrote:
ronniecoleman wrote:IMO A


what is the source of this question ???

its value is gone so it is essential to maintain proper saferguards within your business and require all employees to sign
If you are seeking parallelism as an explanation, I'd have to differ on that

For parallelism to come into play, the answer should have been

its value is gone so it is essential to maintain proper saferguards within your business and to require all employees to sign
- but then the sentence doesn't make sense.


it is not necessary to include the second "to" in the sentence[/quote]

"essential .. to and require ....to" have to be in parallel - I don't quite get the subjunctive issue here. The ans should be A.
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by 4meonly » Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:17 am
Once a trade secret is disclosed, its value is gone
so it is essential to
....maintain proper safeguards within your business
....and require all employees to sign carefully drafted nondisclosure agreements.

require X to do Y
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