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In one of the most stunning reversals in the

by aspirant2011 » Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:49 am
In one of the most stunning reversals in the history of marketing, the Coca-Cola company in July 1985 yielded to thousands of irate consumers demanding that it should bring back the original Coke formula.

(A) demanding that it should
(B) demanding it to
(C) and their demand to
(D) who demanded that it
(E) who demanded it to

[spoiler]D vs E, which is one is better and why??? Please explain your choice.....[/spoiler]
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by maihuna » Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:08 am
This is one of the toughest use of VOICE.demand doesn't require infinitive to, remember use of subjunctive. So it is D that is correct and not E.
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by force5 » Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:14 am
yes correct use of subjunctive is eminent here. Hence D
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by aspirant2011 » Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:15 am
can you please elaborate on the "subjunctive part" in this SC............
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by atulmangal » Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:58 am
@maihuna and @force,

These verbs (demand) as you already know are called DIRECTIVE OR BOSSY VERBS....Moreover, all of these VERBS followed by THAT but some of these VERBS can be expressed by an INFINITIVE ALSO...and i think VERB (DEMAND) can also be expressed by an infinitive.

The below two usage i found in Oxford Dictonary

(1)I demand to see the manager.
(2)She demanded that he return the books he borrowed from her.
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by atulmangal » Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:58 am
@maihuna and @force,

These verbs (demand) as you already know are called DIRECTIVE OR BOSSY VERBS....Moreover, all of these VERBS followed by THAT but some of these VERBS can be expressed by an INFINITIVE ALSO...and i think VERB (DEMAND) can also be expressed by an infinitive.

The below two usage i found in Oxford Dictonary

(1)I demand to see the manager.
(2)She demanded that he return the books he borrowed from her.
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