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America's most wanted terrorists

by kumar720 » Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:03 pm
After the attack on WTC, the president ordered intelligence agencies should prepare lists of who were Americ ... errorists.
A. should prepare lists of who were America's most wanted terrorists
B. would do the preperation of lists of America's most wanted terrorists
C. preparing lists of most wanted terrorists in America.
D.the preparing of a list of the most wanted terrorists in America
E. to prepare lists of the most wanted terrorists in America.

OA Answer: E

For me, C,D &E looks like altered intent. plz help me in understanding how OA is correct. From Manhatten review
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by stop@800 » Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:19 am
ordered is subjunctive so should / would etc are wrong.
gerund form of verb is also incorrect incase of subjunctive. E is the only answer that has infinitive form.

"ordered to prepare" is correct form.
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by mbamike » Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:52 am
Although, at first E seemed to be the right answer, I got stumped by plural "lists" which I thought did not make sense. You prepare a list of something not lists.
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by LifetimesofSC » Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:08 am
E- correct because the president ORDERED them TO do something. ORDER TO.

The list should contain- Enron, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, Feds Bernake, Congress, and a lot of our neighbors.
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by niraj_a » Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:23 am
you for got H. Paulson and Goldman for that list
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by s_kaks » Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:39 pm
E is right
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by GmatKiss » Sat Oct 08, 2011 1:45 am
imo :E
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