vipulgoyal wrote: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
A and C:
their compliance...protect sea turtles
Here,
protect (plural) does not agree with
their compliance (singular).
Eliminate A.
D:
their compliance...are protecting
Here,
are protecting (plural) does not agree with
their compliance (singular).
Eliminate D.
An infinitive modifier implies INTENDED ACTION: an action that MIGHT happen in the future.
SC18 in the OG13:
an organization TO TAKE CHARGE of computer security planning.
Here, the organization is intended TO TAKE CHARGE.
The organization is NOT taking charge right now.
In fact, it is possible that the organization might NEVER take charge.
In the SC above, the laws are ALREADY
requiring turtle-excluder devices.
It for this reason that the shrimpers' compliance IS PROTECTING adult sea-turtles.
Thus, the infinitive modifier in E --
to require -- does not convey the intended meaning.
Eliminate E.
The correct answer is
B.
why this SC dosent comes under subjunctive , if it would have been, then the "protect" in A should right.....
A:
laws requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets
Here, a reader might construe the following meaning:
To comply with the law, the DEVICES themselves are required to TAKE ACTION: they must BE on shrimp nets.
This meaning is nonsensical.
The devices themselves cannot take action.
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