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by jamesk486 » Sun May 25, 2008 6:48 pm
Municipalities have begun demanding that private developers pay an increased share of the costs of expanding the current road networks, sewer systems, and other public services to accommodate new development projects.

> > > (A) demanding that private developers pay an increased share of the costs of expanding
> > > (B) demanding private developers to pay for an increased share of the costs of expanding
> > > (C) demanding payment by private developers for an increased share of the costs of expanding
> > > (D) to demand that private developers pay for an increased share of the costs to expand
> > > (E) to demand that private developers should pay an increased share of the costs to expand


I had a tough decision between A and B..I think A is right
But in the case of (B), isnt the idiom require X to do Y, right? (the only reason why i think B is incorrect is because i think "to pay for" is not right)
In the case of subjunctives, "demanding that X..." and "demanding X to do .." both right?
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by tomato1 » Mon May 26, 2008 3:44 am
i think the correct form here is "to demand that"................

IMO answer should be D
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by jamesk486 » Mon May 26, 2008 4:58 am
No the OA is A
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by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Mon May 26, 2008 9:35 am
Where is this question from?

I was also stuck between A and D and, to be honest, didn't think either of them was good enough to be the right answer on the actual GMAT.

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by jamesk486 » Mon May 26, 2008 6:47 pm
its a prep question
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by rattanas » Mon May 26, 2008 11:31 pm
well.i believe in option D;.."pay for an increase" changes the meaning as the correct is pay an inrease........
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by senthil » Fri May 30, 2008 6:06 pm
I feel the answer is D .. the paralllel structure..
costs to expand and services to accommodate
isnt correct ..
please explain
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Re: subjunctive question

by jasonc » Fri May 30, 2008 7:38 pm
jamesk486 wrote:Municipalities have begun demanding that private developers pay an increased share of the costs of expanding the current road networks, sewer systems, and other public services to accommodate new development projects.

> > > (A) demanding that private developers pay an increased share of the costs of expanding
> > > (B) demanding private developers to pay for an increased share of the costs of expanding
> > > (C) demanding payment by private developers for an increased share of the costs of expanding
> > > (D) to demand that private developers pay for an increased share of the costs to expand
> > > (E) to demand that private developers should pay an increased share of the costs to expand


I had a tough decision between A and B..I think A is right
But in the case of (B), isnt the idiom require X to do Y, right? (the only reason why i think B is incorrect is because i think "to pay for" is not right)
In the case of subjunctives, "demanding that X..." and "demanding X to do .." both right?
answer is A.

In D, 'the costs' is not defined. Must use 'the costs of' like in A
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by Umar82 » Sat Aug 01, 2009 2:38 pm
can the "bossy verb" of the "Command Subjunctive" have an "ing - ending"??

"demanding" that private developers pay?
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by sumank8216 » Sat Aug 01, 2009 2:58 pm
D: needs to maintain parallelism ..to expand ....to accomodate
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by shahdevine » Sat Aug 01, 2009 4:04 pm
agree with stuart. the answer on official gmat would have been d. let's try to be as similar to tone and style of real thing.
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Re: subjunctive question

by BlindVision » Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:44 pm
jamesk486 wrote:Municipalities have begun demanding that private developers pay an increased share of the costs of expanding the current road networks, sewer systems, and other public services to accommodate new development projects.

> > > (A) demanding that private developers pay an increased share of the costs of expanding
> > > (B) demanding private developers to pay for an increased share of the costs of expanding
> > > (C) demanding payment by private developers for an increased share of the costs of expanding
> > > (D) to demand that private developers pay for an increased share of the costs to expand
> > > (E) to demand that private developers should pay an increased share of the costs to expand


I had a tough decision between A and B..I think A is right
But in the case of (B), isnt the idiom require X to do Y, right? (the only reason why i think B is incorrect is because i think "to pay for" is not right)
In the case of subjunctives, "demanding that X..." and "demanding X to do .." both right?
Choose A

demanding in "A" reads more concise than to demand in "D" -- both meaning the same thing, same tense. Cost of expanding in "A" looks more idiomatic and correct than costs to expand in "D".
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by gmat_2010 » Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:20 am
Shouldn't it be "pay" and not "pay for" here. You "pay" your bills, cost, etc. You "pay for" a service, a sandwich, any benefit by "paying" its cost. Just wondering. I would have'd gone for A as it has both "demanding that" (I guess "demand that" would have been OK too) and "pay".
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