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The loggers’ railway roadbed

by sameerballani » Fri Jun 17, 2011 2:53 am
The loggers' railway roadbed, with its narrow spurs jutting fingerlike into the swamp, had turned into a hazard for tourists visiting the area requiring that government officials agree to have the area razed.

A. that government officials agree to have the area razed.
B. government officials to agree to have the area razed.

Please point of out the difference and which one to prefer.

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by HSPA » Fri Jun 17, 2011 2:58 am
requiring - Is this word demanding.. can the verb 'require' here be a bossy verb.
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by ov25 » Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:07 am
B;
requiring ...that..x raze
OR
require X to raze
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by VivianKerr » Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:41 am
We can think of this as modification as well.

The hazardous roadbed is requiring what or whom to take action?

It's requiring the OFFICIALS to do something. It's not requiring THAT (the fact of something?).

The word "requiring" begins a new modifying phrase here. "that" is also often used to add new info to the sentence. Putting them together is almost redundant in that sense.

Look for a NOUN to come after the participle in this type of sentence.
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by divya23 » Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:46 am
IMO B
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by sameerballani » Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:53 am
VivianKerr wrote:We can think of this as modification as well.

The hazardous roadbed is requiring what or whom to take action?

It's requiring the OFFICIALS to do something. It's not requiring THAT (the fact of something?).

The word "requiring" begins a new modifying phrase here. "that" is also often used to add new info to the sentence. Putting them together is almost redundant in that sense.

Look for a NOUN to come after the participle in this type of sentence.
Nice explanation !!

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Just to clarify, is there any idiom requiring X to Y.
Or the actual reason is the one you mentioned.
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by iongmat » Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:42 am
VivianKerr wrote:We can think of this as modification as well.

The hazardous roadbed is requiring what or whom to take action?

It's requiring the OFFICIALS to do something. It's not requiring THAT (the fact of something?).

The word "requiring" begins a new modifying phrase here. "that" is also often used to add new info to the sentence. Putting them together is almost redundant in that sense.

Look for a NOUN to come after the participle in this type of sentence.
Totally disagree. Mr. Ballani, please let us know the OA. The roadbed is not requiring Government officials (as suggested by B); The roadbed is requiring something "from" the Government officials. Hence, A is the correct answer.

While not "same", would encourage you to look at #13 in OG 12. "suggesting the economy" in E is a poor option.
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by lunarpower » Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:44 am
both versions of this problem have so many issues that i don't even know where to start. in fact, it is so badly written (including the non-underlined part) that you should immediately stop using whatever source it came from.

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by Ozlemg » Wed Jun 29, 2011 1:03 am
Lets try this approcah: what is expected from government officials?

to agree... or to raze...?

I think B is the correct answer!
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