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by f2001290 » Thu May 31, 2007 12:17 pm
Several senior officials spoke to the press on condition that they not be named in the story.
(A) that they not be named
(B) that their names will not be used
(C) that their names are not used
(D) of not being named
(E) they will not be named
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by Prasanna » Thu May 31, 2007 2:06 pm
f2001290 wrote:Several senior officials spoke to the press on condition that they not be named in the story.
(A) that they not be named
(B) that their names will not be used
(C) that their names are not used
(D) of not being named
(E) they will not be named
Will go with D. D looks precise and idiomatic than the other options.
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by jayhawk2001 » Thu May 31, 2007 4:30 pm
f2001290 wrote:Several senior officials spoke to the press on condition that they not be named in the story.
(A) that they not be named
(B) that their names will not be used
(C) that their names are not used
(D) of not being named
(E) they will not be named
Hmm, this looks like another case of subjunctive.
"that ... not be named" looks good to me.

Is it A ? I have my doubts with the use of "they" in A though.
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by leo » Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:33 am
Its E . Whats the OA
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by f2001290 » Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:04 am
Jay - You are on target. OA is A. I don't have the explanation
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by [email protected] » Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:56 am
Can anybody please give the explanation for this question.
I do not see this to be the case of Subjunctive...
and why B is wrong...

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