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by senthil » Wed May 21, 2008 5:58 am
559. One of Ronald Reagan’s first acts as President was to rescind President Carter’s directive that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries.
(A) that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries
(B) that any chemical be prohibited from sale to other countries that was banned on medical grounds in the United States
(C) prohibiting the sale to other countries of any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States
(D) prohibiting that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States is sold to other countries
(E) that any chemical banned in the United States on medical grounds is prohibited from being sold to other countries

As per manhattan 'directive' verb should be followed by 'that' ...

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by tar.goyal » Wed May 21, 2008 7:57 am
IMO the answer is C.
I think directive that is incorrect....so A,B,D are out. E is wordy and construction is also faulty.
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by senthil » Wed May 21, 2008 6:39 pm
Yep answer is C !

So basically can you explain when are we to use 'that' ? other than the subjunctive mood

Correct me if I am wrong , subjunctive mood is when a sentence conveys uncertainity !


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