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by vipulgoyal » Wed Mar 04, 2015 6:30 pm
Last week local shrimpers held a news conference to take some credit for the resurgence of the rare Kemp's ridley turtle, saying that their compliance with laws requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets protect adult sea turtles.

A. requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets protect
B. requiring turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets is protecting
C. that require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets protect
D. to require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets are protecting
E. to require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets is protecting

why this SC dosent comes under subjunctive , if it would have been, then the "protect" in A should right.....

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by MartyMurray » Wed Mar 04, 2015 9:26 pm
vipulgoyal wrote:Last week local shrimpers held a news conference to take some credit for the resurgence of the rare Kemp's ridley turtle, saying that their compliance with laws requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets protect adult sea turtles.

A. requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets protect
B. requiring turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets is protecting
C. that require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets protect
D. to require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets are protecting
E. to require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets is protecting

why this SC dosent comes under subjunctive , if it would have been, then the "protect" in A should right.....

OA B
The subjunctive is used when discussing things that are not certain to happen. Here's an example.

Laws require that shrimp nets protect turtles.

This sentence conveys what the law requires, rather than what is actually happening.

In the question you have cited, however, the fishermen are describing what is actually going on, saying that their compliance is protecting the turtles.

In the original form, the GMAT has made this confusing by adding into the middle of the clause the modifier requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets. The word protect is not part of this modifier. It is the verb that goes with the noun their compliance, and so the correct form is is protecting, as in their compliance is protecting adult sea turtles.
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by GMATGuruNY » Thu Mar 05, 2015 3:36 am
vipulgoyal wrote:Last week local shrimpers held a news conference to take some credit for the resurgence of the rare Kemp's ridley turtle, saying that their compliance with laws requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets protect adult sea turtles.

A. requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets protect
B. requiring turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets is protecting
C. that require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets protect
D. to require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets are protecting
E. to require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets is protecting
A and C: their compliance...protect sea turtles
Here, protect (plural) does not agree with their compliance (singular).
Eliminate A.

D: their compliance...are protecting
Here, are protecting (plural) does not agree with their compliance (singular).
Eliminate D.

An infinitive modifier implies INTENDED ACTION: an action that MIGHT happen in the future.
SC18 in the OG13: an organization TO TAKE CHARGE of computer security planning.
Here, the organization is intended TO TAKE CHARGE.
The organization is NOT taking charge right now.
In fact, it is possible that the organization might NEVER take charge.

In the SC above, the laws are ALREADY requiring turtle-excluder devices.
It for this reason that the shrimpers' compliance IS PROTECTING adult sea-turtles.
Thus, the infinitive modifier in E -- to require -- does not convey the intended meaning.
Eliminate E.

The correct answer is B.
why this SC dosent comes under subjunctive , if it would have been, then the "protect" in A should right.....
A: laws requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets
Here, a reader might construe the following meaning:
To comply with the law, the DEVICES themselves are required to TAKE ACTION: they must BE on shrimp nets.
This meaning is nonsensical.
The devices themselves cannot take action.
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by ngk4mba3236 » Wed Jun 08, 2016 7:25 am
gmatguru,
for option E, apart from what you mentioned above, the structure "laws to require" seems unidiomatic in this context. right ?

however, is this structure always considered unidiomatic on GMAT ? or can there be any deviations ?
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by GMATGuruNY » Wed Jun 08, 2016 11:16 am
ngk4mba3236 wrote:gmatguru,
for option E, apart from what you mentioned above, the structure "laws to require" seems unidiomatic in this context. right ?

however, is this structure always considered unidiomatic on GMAT ? or can there be any deviations ?
Yes.
a law to require is an idiomatic error.
Any answer choice with this construction may be eliminated.
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by ngk4mba3236 » Wed Jun 08, 2016 11:21 am
GMATGuruNY wrote:
ngk4mba3236 wrote:gmatguru,
for option E, apart from what you mentioned above, the structure "laws to require" seems unidiomatic in this context. right ?

however, is this structure always considered unidiomatic on GMAT ? or can there be any deviations ?
Yes.
a law to require is an idiomatic error.
Any answer choice with this construction may be eliminated.
so that means, "laws to require" will always constitute an idiomatic error on GMAT. right ?
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by GMATGuruNY » Fri Jun 10, 2016 3:56 am
ngk4mba3236 wrote:so that means, "laws to require" will always constitute an idiomatic error on GMAT. right ?
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