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GMIHIR: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 18; Joined: Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:23 pm

by GMIHIR » Tue Mar 20, 2012 3:53 am

Hi All,

Can anyone please explain the answer to below SC question?

Although the manager agreed to a more flexible work schedule, he said that it must be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor will know what everyone is assigned to do.
(A) he said that it must be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor will know what everyone is
(B) he said it had to be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor knows what everyone is
(C) he said that they would have to post the assignments on the bulletin board so that management and labor knew what everyone was
(D) he said that the schedule would have to be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor would know what everyone was
(E) saying that the schedule had to be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor would know what everyone had been

Thanks,
Mihir

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by killer1387 » Tue Mar 20, 2012 4:27 am

Although the manager agreed to a more flexible work schedule, he said that it must be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor will know what everyone is assigned to do.

(A) he said that it must be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor will know what everyone is
(B) he said it had to be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor knows what everyone is
(C) he said that they would have to post the assignments on the bulletin board so that management and labor knew what everyone was
(D) he said that the schedule would have to be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor would know what everyone was
(E) saying that the schedule had to be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor would know what everyone had been

A goes best here.

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by GmatKiss » Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:06 am

Although the manager agreed to a more flexible work schedule, he said that it must be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor will know what everyone is assigned to do.
(A) he said that it must be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor will know what everyone is
(B) he said it had to be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor knows what everyone is
(C) he said that they would have to post the assignments on the bulletin board so that management and labor knew what everyone was
(D) he said that the schedule would have to be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor would know what everyone was
(E) saying that the schedule had to be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor would know what everyone had been

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by GmatKiss » Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:43 pm

GmatKiss wrote:Although the manager agreed to a more flexible work schedule, he said that it must be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor will know what everyone is assigned to do.
(A) he said that it must be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor will know what everyone is
(B) he said it had to be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor knows what everyone is
(C) he said that they would have to post the assignments on the bulletin board so that management and labor knew what everyone was
(D) he said that the schedule would have to be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor would know what everyone was
(E) saying that the schedule had to be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor would know what everyone had been

IMO: A

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by BY » Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:41 pm

I think D, is the right ans..

Considering indirect speech...

he said that they would have to post the assignments on the bulletin board so that management and labor knew what everyone was ...past tense works here.

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scholardream: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 83; Joined: Fri May 06, 2011 9:08 am; Thanked: 5 times; GMAT Score:610

by scholardream » Sat Mar 24, 2012 6:59 pm

Hi, at first I jump to choose A as the right question, but when I read E, I feel so confused with the use of reported speech in this case.
Can anyone explain it further?

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