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Judicial rules

by tohellandback » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:08 pm
Judicial rules in many states require that the identities of all prosecution witnesses are made known to defendants so they can attempt to rebut the testimony, but the Constitution explicitly requires only that the defendant have the opportunity to confront an accuser in court.

(A) that the identities of all prosecution witnesses are made known to defendants so they can attempt to rebut
(B) that the identities of all prosecution witnesses be made known to defendants so that they can attempt to rebut
(C) that the defendants should know the identities of all prosecution witnesses so they can attempt a rebuttal of
(D) the identities of all prosecution witnesses should be made known to defendants so they can attempt rebutting
(E) making known to defendants the identities of all prosecution witnesses so that they can attempt to rebut
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by RM » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:47 pm
Answer B,

(B) that the identities of all prosecution witnesses be made known to defendants so that they can attempt to rebut

Choice "B" makes correct use of subjunctive form "that the identities..."
and idiom "attempt to". Also, B correctly introduces word "that". ("defendants so that they can").
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by madhur_ahuja » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:57 pm
Yes, B for subjunctive.
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Re: Judicial rules

by perfectstranger » Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:11 am
tohellandback wrote:
(A) that the identities of all prosecution witnesses are made known to defendants so they can attempt to rebut
(B) that the identities of all prosecution witnesses be made known to defendants so that they can attempt to rebut
(C) that the defendants should know the identities of all prosecution witnesses so they can attempt a rebuttal of
(D) the identities of all prosecution witnesses should be made known to defendants so they can attempt rebutting
(E) making known to defendants the identities of all prosecution witnesses so that they can attempt to rebut
we need

1) attempt to to make the sentence right since it is an idiom. eliminate d and c
2) '' require'' is subjunctive we need that ...... (be) made known since subjunctive mood uses the base form of the verb so B is the right answer
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by ajlcalbanese1 » Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:37 am
C) that the defendants should know the identities of all prosecution witnesses so they can attempt a rebuttal of


This option seems to have a better construction and "flows" easier when reading it back into the sentece...
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by pandeyvineet24 » Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:18 pm
Should be B for subjunctive..
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by mehravikas » Sun Jul 19, 2009 5:51 pm
IMO - B because correct idiom is "requires that x be y" and underlined portion in C is wordy

(B) that the identities of all prosecution witnesses be made known to defendants so that they can attempt to rebut
(C) that the defendants should know the identities of all prosecution witnesses so they can attempt a rebuttal of
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by crackinggmat » Wed Jul 21, 2010 8:06 pm
we cannot use should in subjunctive mood ....so B is the best
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by ashish2104 » Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:09 am
B for correct subjenctive usage of that+base form of verb (to be)
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by rohit56 » Mon Dec 17, 2018 11:38 pm
In English the subjunctive mood is used to express a wish or requirement that a certain course of action be taken. Such phrasing takes the form to wish [or] require that x be y, not that x should be y or that x is y. Choice B, therefore, is best. In place of the subjunctive, A uses the indicative are and E uses an awkward gerund, making, while C and D contain the unnecessary should. A and C also omit that after so, and D omits that after require. The phrase attempt to rebut is more idiomatic than the phrases that replace it in C and D. Choices C and E awkwardly place the plural noun witnesses between the plural pronoun they and its referent, defendants. Hence, B is the answer.
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