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by vikram_k51 » Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:42 am
636. 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 sbasha » Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:41 am
subjunctive,

To me the close contestants are A and B. But in B we do have "will", so we can eliminate it.

IMO A.
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by mruzeful » Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:20 am
IMO E..wats OA?
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by pandeyvineet24 » Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:58 am
Agree with reasoning provided by sbasha, it should be A.
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by vikram_k51 » Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:01 am
What's wrong with D?
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Re: Officials

by shahdevine » Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:21 am
vikram_k51 wrote:636. 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
OA is A.

due to subjunctive "on condition that"
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