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by orel » Fri Nov 28, 2008 5:49 am
I found this one tough:

Most state constitutions now
mandate that the state budget be balanced each year

A mandate that the state budget be balanced
B mandate the state budget to be balanced
C mandate that the state budget will be balanced
D have a mandate for a balanced state budget
E have a mandate to balance state budget

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Re: constitution

by iamcste » Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:14 am
Feruza Matyakubova wrote:I found this one tough:

Most state constitutions now
mandate that the state budget be balanced each year

A mandate that the state budget be balanced
B mandate the state budget to be balanced
C mandate that the state budget will be balanced
D have a mandate for a balanced state budget
E have a mandate to balance state budget

This is a OG SC question #83
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Subjunctive+that+Infinitive form of the verb ( without "To")

e.g. To be will be just "be"

hence, as per rule-Mandate+that+be

In C,working verb "will" is incorrect ( especially when we have "now" in the not underlined part)
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Re: constitution

by karmayogi » Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:16 am
iamcste wrote:
Feruza Matyakubova wrote:I found this one tough:

Most state constitutions now
mandate that the state budget be balanced each year

A mandate that the state budget be balanced
B mandate the state budget to be balanced
C mandate that the state budget will be balanced
D have a mandate for a balanced state budget
E have a mandate to balance state budget

This is a OG SC question #83
A

Subjunctive+that+Infinitive form of the verb ( without "To")

e.g. To be will be just "be"

hence, as per rule-Mandate+that+be

In C,working verb "will" is incorrect ( especially when we have "now" in the not underlined part)
I am in accord with iamcste. IMO A.
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by ranjeet75 » Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:20 am
Yes some subjunctive words like 'mandate', 'require', etc takes the form

Subjunctive + that + infinitive (without to)
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by pramendrapandeya » Tue May 20, 2014 12:38 pm
+1 (A)
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by AnjaliOberoi » Thu May 22, 2014 7:48 pm
+1 for {A}
Subjunctive + that + infinitive (without to)
mandate + that+ be
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