GMAT Prep - Local Shrimpers

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GMAT Prep - Local Shrimpers

by vineetbatra » Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:15 am
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

OA is B, can someone explain what is wrong with A.

Also why can't we use Infinitive forme of to require here.
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by sunnyjohn » Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:19 am
Subject Verb agreement and idiom are two concept tested here.

Their compliance with law...protect turtle.

Can you see the Subject - Verb agreement here?
NO
compliance : Singular
protect : plural verb

compliance with law requiring : Idiomatic
of
compliance with law to require : Unidiomatic

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