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by komal » Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:15 am
36. Several financial officers of the company spoke on condition that they not be named in the press reports.

A. that they not be named
B. that their names will not be used
C. that their names are not used
D. of not having their names
E. of not naming them

OA B
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by mohit11 » Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:10 am
Is the answer B?

Edit: On second though, i think it should A, Sentence requires subjunctive mood.
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by thephoenix » Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:25 am
komal wrote:36. Several financial officers of the company spoke on condition that they not be named in the press reports.

A. that they not be named
B. that their names will not be used
C. that their names are not used
D. of not having their names
E. of not naming them
IMO A

subjunctive case
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by harsh.champ » Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:31 am
komal wrote:36. Several financial officers of the company spoke on condition that they not be named in the press reports.

A. that they not be named -Inapropriate usage.
B. that their names will not be used -appropriate.
C. that their names are not used -"will" is better suited than "are"
D. of not having their names } Usage of "of not" not correct as the ending of the sentence will not be correct.
E. of not naming them
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Whats the OA,komal??
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by shashank.ism » Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:44 am
komal wrote:36. Several financial officers of the company spoke on condition that they not be named in the press reports.

A. that they not be named
B. that their names will not be used
C. that their names are not used
D. of not having their names
E. of not naming them
Ans B seems to be more appropriate..
E 'of not naming them' means some new name is put for them
C future tense "will " will be used instead of " are"
D it also looks correct but B seems to be more appropriate..

well what is the OA
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by Rajat Khandelwal » Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:59 am
Option A for following reasons..

1. Subjunctive mood , it cab be rephrased as follows...they reqd that they not (to) be named.....
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by bhumika.k.shah » Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:07 am
I'd go with A \
but i dont know why .

Can someone throw . some light on subjunctives ?

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by Rajat Khandelwal » Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:10 am
yeah....it is simply a wish of the the officers...It represents a degree of uncertainty whether it would be taken into account by the media or not....

I think it will do ...
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by prinit » Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:20 am
komal wrote:36. Several financial officers of the company spoke on condition that they not be named in the press reports.

A. that they not be named
B. that their names will not be used
C. that their names are not used
D. of not having their names
E. of not naming them
My take is A. OA pls
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by shashank.ism » Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:41 am
Rajat Khandelwal wrote:Option A for following reasons..

1. Subjunctive mood , it cab be rephrased as follows...they reqd that they not (to) be named.....
But what is the problem in ans B "Rajat "
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by Rajat Khandelwal » Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:45 am
Auxiliary verb "Will" must not be used in subjunctive mood....?Infinitive form of the verb comes in subjunctive mood...with "To" hidden.

It will do..,shashank.
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by harsh.champ » Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:54 am
Rajat Khandelwal wrote:Auxiliary verb "Will" must not be used in subjunctive mood....?Infinitive form of the verb comes in subjunctive mood...with "To" hidden.

It will do..,shashank.
Well,though ur explanation holds,do you think B is too wordy to be the answer???
It is tough call b/w A and B.

After reading ur post,I immediately followed up on this link:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjunctive_mood#Usage

But I am still doubtful:-
Is B grammatically incorrect or is A more accurate??
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by Rajat Khandelwal » Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:58 am
@ harsh...
Option b doesnt conform to the rules of grammar ....
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by shashank.ism » Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:59 am
Rajat Khandelwal wrote:Auxiliary verb "Will" must not be used in subjunctive mood....?Infinitive form of the verb comes in subjunctive mood...with "To" hidden.

It will do..,shashank.
Ok I got it so i should go with A as a benefit of doubt...as only one option is to be checked in real exams..

I hope in real exams such confusing option doesn't pop up ....

Harsh u can say that B is too wordy ,... but it is not that much that it could be rejected...but A is also correct so go with A.

If anyone can help us out for B being wrong grammaticaly it would be of greta help..
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by gmatmachoman » Sun Feb 21, 2010 11:14 am
I gave a search on this query...

https://www.beatthegmat.com/several-fina ... 67-15.html

over there it says OA : A,

but here OA is B...

Whats the source??
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